On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:53:52 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote:
>... >FTP is not unsafe. >Accessing the data is (potentially). >... In the shops (ok, shop) I've worked that prohibited FTPs to/from the mainframe they allowed SOME FTPs - FTPs with those business partners that, for whatever reason, could not send data any other way. They apparently understood that FTP wasn't problem. But their having that knowledge doesn't imply that they used logic. Preventing us from FTPing to/from the mainframe (where they controlled access via firewalls, etc.) forced us to to find some other method (where they controlled nothing!). The process involved one or two intermediate hops so was cumbersome, but allowed us to do our jobs - transferring data to/from IBM and other vendors. But it could just as easily have been used to transfer corporate data to/from competitors. Sheesh. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
