On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:59:26 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >> - Holddata are ftp-Links only. And I want to download holddata without >> ordering anything via ShopZ. >Not true. You want the IBM HOLDDATA without using FTP? Use SMP/E >RECEIVE ORDER and indicate downloadmethod="https". > Wrong! The page at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-zos-consolidated-service-test-get-cst-service (and probably many others) links to http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html and needs to be updated since the linked page contains the FTP links.
"390"? And the customer might want to download the HOLDDATA to a desktop for browsing, bypassing SMP/E and RECEIVE ORDER, or the person tasked with inspecting the HOLDDATA may lack the extraordinary RACF authority that IBM has required for 12 years in lieu of fixing a security flaw. On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:03:38 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >While I agree ftp links should be changed to https, I would remind a >browser is not necessary to use ftp, it's really easy to circumvent it. > >In Windows system there is something called cmd.exe or CLI and there is >a command named ftp. > Might a site remove cmd.exe? >... >And of course there are plenty of graphical ftp clients (anyone here is > Some sites forbid installing such software. >not familiar with command line interface???). >Last, but not least Linux systems also have ftp client. > Some sites forbid installing such software. Likewise Cygwin. > >Of course corporate firewall can block any ftp traffic, but this is >different issue. > Ay, there's the rub. Might the minimal effort for IBM be to provide an HTTPS proxy to access its own FTP servers? (Are there public proxies?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
