Don't know whether to laugh or cry on this one! Unfortunately your situation is not unique. Here we spent DAYS trying to convince an "auditor" that being able to sign on to a CICS green screen is NOT THE SAME as having "root authority". (We surmise that the only time this young man had ever seen a green screen was when he saw some Unix admin somewhere log on as ROOT. He must equate any and all "green screens" to that particular scenario.) Sigh.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hipersockets and security??? > Basically, they're saying that it's a communication link so it > has to be encrypted. Tell them it would be like encrypting the traffic (communication link) between two cards inside a PC. Tony Thigpen -----Original Message ----- From: Leland Lucius Sent: 04/12/2007 06:25 PM > Quoting Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> A certification of what? >> > Honestly I don't know. Anything that says "See, I told you it was secure!" :-) > > >> 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? >> > No chance of that. They wouldn't know a CHPID from Officer Francis Llewellyn > Poncherello. Basically, they're saying that it's a communication link so it > has to be encrypted. > > I actually think I'm gonna be on the losing end of this one... :-( > > Leland > >
