On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:01:36 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: >Then they really ought to donate it to the open source community (CBT?) and >let the community upgrade it should they choose to do so. > >Laziness or "resource constraints" are no good excuse. If IBM don’t think >they can make money from it, they should donate it and take the tax deduction >(if the IRS allows). > But might it then compete with any still marketed IBM product?
>-----Origilal Message----- >From: Don Leahy >Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 7:50 PM > >The stated reason for dropping WSA is that it uses an unsecured connection and >IBM doesn’t want to upgrade it. > I see that as a symptom of inadequately modular design. If it were properly designed they should be able to excise the insecure piece and plug in a suitable one. In "AT-TLS", the "AT" means "Application Transparent". Apparently WSA is incompatible with transparency. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
