Been a long time since my site locked us out of ftp:// from a browser, a hard 
fight I fought but seeing I am allowed to use https via z/OS and can receive 
all holddata in a batch job the ability to ftp from the browser is not a issue 
for me. 
  
   
Carmen Vitullo 

   

-----Original Message-----

From: Paul <[email protected]>
To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 15 April 2021 12:06 PM CDT
Subject: Re: RED Alert Today Regarding z/OS Service Orders

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:56:14 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: 

>>Anyone else having trouble downloading this zip file? 
>> 
>>ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zos/alert/PTFList.zip 
> 
>another ftp-Link from IBM. My company hat decided that ftp is globally 
>forbidden, ... 
> 
Has Kurt Q. any comment (defense) of this? 


On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:51:58 -0500, Max Smith wrote: 

>The zip file has been made available on testcase. 
> 
>https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/fromibm/mvs/PTFList.zip 
> 
Belated. That page should have been available first or simultaneously 
and the anchor should appear in the Red Alert. 

I see the https now appears in the Red Alert. 
o It's not an anchor. 
o It requires credentials, unlike the FTP link. 

IBM chooses to hold security alerts close to the vest. This is no 
excuse for making the FTP publicly available but not the HTTPS. 

-- gil 

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