Little bit of a derail but another reason for IBM to change from FTP to HTTPS: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/16/firefox-88-to-disable-ftp-protocol/
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, April 16, 2021 5:29 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't need browser support, although it is convenient. What you do need > is a network definition that permits it. The reason that browsers dropped > support is that there are security issues. I don't know what the status of > SFTP (over SSH) is. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > Barbara Nitz [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 12:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FTP-Links in IBM Websites and PTFs > > > > - 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". > > > > > We have never used that here, so I'll check into it when IE goes away. We do > use https for downloading from ShopZ. > > What about ftp links in ptfs? One of several examples from my last refresh in > January is OA58114 (the DPfD ptf). The 114 page pdf documentation is an ftp > link inside the ++HOLD. ftp traffic other than through a browser is blocked > at the firewalls, so while I am familiar with the ftp CLI I cannot use that, > either. I was sorely disappointed when I could eventually download the docs > only to find out that DPfD only works on a z15. > > Regarding Quickref: We do use Quickref, but it doesn't help me at all when it > is brandnew information placed in a ptf (see above). Personally I prefer my > documentation offline on my private drive. > > The Red Alert thing that went out was originally also an ftp-Link only. The > consolidated books mentioned here last week were ftp-Links only (never mind > that the inhouse-scan of the zip took longer than the timeout for the > website, so I couldn't get at that, either!). > > I repeat my question: When is IBM going to wake up everywhere that ftp-Links > become inaccessible now that the browsers don't support them anymore? Just > this morning we were told that Chrome goes away corporately. Firefox is not > allowed, so we're stuck with Edge. Which doesn't do ftp anymore. > > Barbara > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
