On Thursday, 04/12/2007 at 03:55 EST, Leland Lucius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I need y'alls help. > > I have a security team that is demanding that we encrypt traffic between 2 Linux > guests communicating across real hipersockets. > > I admit that my brain sometimes works about as well as a frog wielding a jack > hammer, but isn't it rather ridiculous to encrypt data across hipersockets? > What would the purpose be other than to satisfy some overdone security > requirements??? > > Any pointers to some industry recognized security certification (may) help.
A certification of what? Hipersockets traffic is internal to the box. Perhaps they are worried about a lack of control on the I/O configuration (HMC access, dynamic I/O), allowing unauthorized connection to an IQD CHPID? Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
