On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:29:39 -0800, Skip Robinson wrote: > >... How many of the most horrendous security breaches we >read about can be traced to mainframe fallibility? You don't stick a thumb >drive into a zEC12 or a 3390 subsystem to download sensitive information. > Ummm... No. You stick a thumb drive into a desktop workstation to download sensitive information from the zEC12 over the LAN. But I'm confident that many sites strongly restrict and monitor transfer of information between "mission" systems and "administrative" systems.
But could a major bank, nowadays, operate in the world of E-commerce without its mission systems connected to the Internet? >> On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 06:37:56 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >>> Direct download to z/OS is the only way to fly! As a matter of >>> principle, I refuse to let z/OS products or service touch any other >>> platform or media. >>> Ah, but what Internet-facing platforms and OSes does IBM use to deliver z/OS products or service? z? I suppose whatever IBM vets and blesses is good enough for us. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
