What communication paths do you have between the Internet at large and your mainframe?
Can you FTP from outside with your mainframe? Can you IND$FILE from an Internet-connected desktop to your mainframe? Either way -- push or pull? Can you cut-and-paste from an Internet-connected desktop into a mainframe edit session? Anything else like that come to mind? Charles On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 09:17:00 -0500, Tom Longfellow <[email protected]> wrote: >Yes. I saw the warnings for months. >I also saw an online reference that the https java javastore keys are already >good to go. > >So, of course, I got burned again with failed SMPE RECEIVE ORDER jobs that use >javastore. > >Back to the warnings. And the links to where to get the required certificates. >Off to DigiCert I go. > >The security wonks, who certainly know better than us working stiffs, >interfere with any attempts to download these certificates over the web. >After all, security is more important that usability and functionality. And >the ability to acqure the latest security fixes is of no concern. > >I am now stranded with no ability to reestablish communications with IBM >Support. > >Has anyone managed to accomplish this using the power of the mainframe without >ruffling the feathers of the Windows/Browser world? >I have full certificate management powers under RACF on the mainframe. I >just do not have a usable Certificate to Import and Add to the SMPE KeyRing. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
