Good points which is why I don't setup them up as NIP consoles and we only
allow access inside our firewall.

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> Subject: Re: Local MCS Console Solutions
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> W dniu 2013-06-02 01:53, Don Williams pisze:
> > The OSA-C configuration works well for us as well.
> >
> > In our case, we have two OSA-C cards for redundancy. Each LPAR has 4
> > consoles, 0000-0003. Consoles 0000 and 0001 (one on each OSA-C card) are
> our
> > "systems programmer" consoles that are usually offline. Consoles 0002
and
> > 0003 are the operator consoles. The OSA-C cards have a configuration
that
> > assigns each TN3270 session to a particular LPAR and address. We have 44
> > TN3270 sessions for 11 LPARs. Access to the consoles can be controlled
via
> > OSA-C configuration options, normal firewall rules, and SAF logon.
> 
> SAF logon depends on CONSOLxx settings, but NIP console provide no
> means
> of security (*).
> The "most funny" thing which can happed is when someone started ICC
> console, locked his PC and went home. And his console is upper on th NIP
> console list than yours. Of course the lsit of suspected persons is
> usually short...
> 
> Another disadvantage: TCP/IP traffic is not encrypted.
> 
> (*) Small exception: session definition can contain workstation address,
> so only the address can connect to the session. A network can be
> configured in a way where IP "counterfeld" is not working.
> 
> 
> 
> BTW: maybe ICC is "functionally stabilized", but not dead or moribound,
> since there is nothing newer to replace ICC. "Functionally stabilized"
> could mean "we don't think there is room for improvement and we don't
> want to create bells and whistles".
> 
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> Lodz, Poland
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