Here is another take on the TJX security breach... http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/14294
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Article in Networkworld on TJX On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:07:18 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: >Kirk Talman wrote: >> Someone is out of touch >> <bigotry> >> >> "... Older legacy systems are difficult because the industry just >> doesn't have the tools [to encrypt data]," he says. >> >> </bigotry> >> >> IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 04/19/2007 11:53:18 PM: >> >> <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/032907-tjx-breach-adopt-standards.htm l> > >So, how do we call him out, publicly, to change this perception? What's >the proper forum? Certainly not ibm-main. But isn't it in our best >interest to make sure those kinds of statements are refuted clearly and >publicly and widely? How can we set up some kind of process to do this? Maybe we let IBM and the press do the job? See this morning's article on cnn.com: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0241650.htm ("zIIP Assisted IPSec" announced for z9, among other things...) ((And maybe the mainframe's not so dead after all?)) -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.5/769 - Release Date: 4/19/2007 5:56 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
