You said that... seamless ftp. Not only that. If two or more users are using wsa, they can switch sessions or even steal a session. The user just have to reply to a message that pops on his terminal, exactly as he click on spam emails... No wonder that ibm is going to drop it.
ITschak בתאריך יום ד׳, 13 במרץ 2019, 21:14, מאת Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) <[email protected]>: > Classification: Public > Yes, I spotted this too. I've been too busy to spare time to think about > it, but I too use it for seamless file transfer to/from my laptop, and > would miss that functionality. I suspect IBM would be pushing other, more > cumbersome technologies like IDz. > > I was also wondering whether IBM might be willing to open source the WSA > :-) > > Andy Styles > z/Series System Programmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Don Leahy > Sent: 13 March 2019 19:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Disturbing news in the z/OS 2.4 announcement letter > > -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- > > > "Withdrawal of ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA) > > z/OS V2.4 is planned to be the last release to support the ISPF > Workstation Agent (WSA), also known as the ISPF Client/Server Component. > WSA is an application that runs on your local workstation and maintains a > connection between the workstation and the ISPF host. It is primarily used > to transfer files between the workstation and the host. IBM recommends > using more current file transfer solutions such as those provided by the > Zowe Dataset Explorer, z/OS FTP, and similar file transfer mechanisms. > These solutions have more capabilities, including the ability to provide > secure communications." > > > I have a lot of tools in my box that rely on WSA. WSA is so easy to > automate using ISPF services that I will hard pressed to find alternatives > that are as seamless to use. > > On the other hand, I am only a few years away from retirement so I may not > bother. :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. > Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. > > > > Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. > Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. > > > > Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. > Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. > > > > Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Registered office: 25 Gresham Street, > London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 10399850. > > > > Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets > plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by > the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. > > > > Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is a wholly-owned > subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Lloyds Bank Corporate > Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH has its registered office at > Thurn-und-Taxis Platz 6, 60312 Frankfurt, Germany. The company is > registered with the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 111650. Lloyds Bank > Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is supervised by the > Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. > > > > Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. > > > > HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in > Scotland no. SC218813. > > > > This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and > may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) > immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the > information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or > recorded. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
