From: craigberry@nospam.mac.com   
      
   On 2/6/26 3:31 AM, gcalliet wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I am doing investigation about security for "latecomers" VMS users (Vax,   
   > Alpha, Itanium on HP licence).   
   >   
   > It seems being a not-so-little number of users. And for them, to adapt   
   > to the fast cycles about security (SSH, SSL for example) is a challenge.   
   >   
   > I know the Process Software offer for that, able to work with everything   
   > on VMS. Are there other offers, methods, Open Source initiatives...?   
   >   
   > Every idea, information welcomed.   
      
   If they are on recent enough Alpha or Itanium, they can probably build   
   current OpenSSL from source.  No, I don't know what "recent enough"   
   would be exactly.   
      
   They could approach VSI and ask them to offer their port of OpenSSH as a   
   separate product for HP versions of VMS. But it's probably easier just   
   going to Process Software, who already has the capability.   
      
   Since not touching the systems seems to be a priority (otherwise why run   
   VAX or pre-VSI releases?), it might be easier to change what's around   
   the systems, such as with a hardware proxy.  It could be as simple as a   
   Raspberry Pi with two NICs, one on the company network and configured to   
   allow only SSH with modern ciphers, the other connected to the VMS   
   system using Telnet.  The VMS connection could just as easily be   
   something other than ethernet, such as serial.  At which point you've   
   got a home-grown terminal server.  Surely someone already sells terminal   
   servers that do this, but I don't know the market.   
      
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