That is a good question. From the way things were presented, it appears to be a tool that runs on the server. I have enough work on my plate that I am going to let this rest until someone brings it up again, hopefully in a forum where I am in attendance.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Security Scans > > Richard, > How does the tool work? If it's one of those that probes the > site from outside, just let them run it. If it's supposed to > run on the system with the web server, let them try to run > it. Whose fault is it that it won't execute? Not yours. > You could even offer to send your files to a system where the > tool will run, so they can be scanned. The results will be > meaningless, but you will have satisfied the edict. > > Dennis > > "The popularity and effectiveness of modern anti-depressants > is one of the great challenges of contemporary dramaturgy. > We no more want Willy Loman to solve his problems with Prozac > than we want Stanley and Stella Kowalski to get > air-conditioning." -- Playwriting 101 > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Security Scans > > It is not that I want to test the site, it is that a > committee has specified that the same tool be used for all > platforms. This was chiseled in granite before anyone > associated with a mainframe even heard that it was being > considered. Now that the edict has been made, rules is rules. > > Don't confuse the domain name of my e-mail with either that > of the VM system or the real production network. They are > quite different from each other. The VM system really is not > that interesting of a target for several reasons which I will > not go into here. It might be tempting, but would be fruitless. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Boltz > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Security Scans > > > > > > Of course, that also depends on how tempting the target is. > > Given the domain name of your e-mail, I would guess the > target is very > > tempting indeed... > > >
