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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: Suggestions to a Newbie
Date: 2000/08/19
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"Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com> writes:

> I seem to remember having read that VMS is getting a second life as
> a web server platform. There is a lot of unix hackers
> around. Running your public web service on something exotic like a
> VMS or Macintosh server gives you an added level of
> security. Security through obscurity seems to work.

I know of some German hackers (not crackers) who were donated quite an
impressive machine running (Open?)VMS.  Hackers are interested in VMS
as well because it's a bit exotic (and the guy next door doesn't have
it. ;-)