On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:26:44 -0400, Finch, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:

>Most VPNs do not encrypt the connection from endpoint to endpoint, which
>is what is PCI requires. The VPN would need to start on the mainframe
>and go all the way to the PC. Most VPN run on a appliance (server), a
>hop away from the mainframe. The "last hop' blows' the PCI

So use the VPN technology that's built-in to z/OS (IPSec), and forego using
an external appliance.

-- 
Walt Farrell, CISSP
IBM STSM, z/OS Security Design

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