Hi Folks,
Found this: http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/IND$FILE.html
Thanks!
BobL
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Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from? [ EXTERNAL ]
c ' auditors are unaware that many terminal emulators imbed IND$FILE' ''
AFAIK, IND$FILE has always required a license.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of
Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 2:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?
On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:06:15 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>I believe that IND$FILE is included in your z/OS license. I also
>believe that it is long out of support and less efficient than, e.g.,
>SFTP (yes, FTP is considered insecure these days.)
>
I suspect that some auditors are unaware that many terminal emulators imbed
IND$FILE and employees use it to circumvent policies prohibiting data transfer.
How secure is IND$FILE? Probably as secure for transport as the terminal
protocol. But it still may transgress policies prohibiting data on personal
devices (ref. HRC).
On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:18:49 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote:
>
>Browsing the load module reveals this:
>
>5665-311 COPYRIGHT IBM CORP 1983,1988; LICENCED MATERIAL - PROPERTY OF
>IBM, REFER TO COPYRIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FORM NO. G120-2083
>
>1983 was several years after IBM went OCO.
>
>That, in turn was several years after they started to license and charge for
>some software.
>
Might there have been earlier releases not so licen[cs]e encumbered and/or
available in source?
-- gil
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