Who said it was a technical reason? I don't know the source of the restriction for other subscribers but in our case it is a government agency that determines what secure means. They seem to have a mostly Unix mindset with a little Windows thrown in and don't trust IEBGENER to not add any additional data when copying a disk data set to tape.
And while almost every desk worker here has some type of PC or workstation that can connect to the internet, none of those can access our mainframe. The boxes that do connect to the mainframe do not talk to the outside world. In fact, there was even a big to do about whether they could be hooked up to commercial power. -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Driscoll [mailto:snip] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Best practices for software delivery Ok, time for me to spend some time on the soap box. What is the TECHNICAL reason for not allowing the Mainframe to access the network? I don't understand this at all. Every PC in your company probably can access the internet, allowing employees to spend time browsing the web, yet the mainframe can't be connected to the internet to allow for you to QUICKLY get maintenance? As a response to Barry's statement, that "after paying for the product, I still have to produce my own portable media", when the means to connect the mainframe SECURELY to the internet are easily available (and built into the hardware and software, something that cannot be said for desktop machines). Ok, time for me to get off the soap box and back to work. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schwarz, Barry A Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Best practices for software delivery And since I (along with some other subscribers) am not allowed to connect the mainframe network externally, after paying for the product I still have to produce my own portable media that I can hand carry over. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
