On Friday, 06/13/2008 at 02:23 EDT, Fred Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> We're looking to implement FTPS with certificates and SSL/TLS. We've 
tried z/OS 
> but it would appear that the server refuses to process Clear Command 
Channel 
> commands. So now we're looking for alternatives such as under z/VM or 
z/Linux. 
> 
> The RFC 4217 that z/VM 5.3 supposedly uses (at 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4217#page-25) states... 
:
>   Using the CCC command can create security issues.  For a full
>   description, see the "CLEAR COMMAND CHANNEL (CCC)" section of
>   [RFC-2228].  Clients should not assume that a server will allow the
>   CCC command to be processed.
:
 
> ... but I didn't find anything in the z/VM 5.3 TCP/IP manuals to 
indicate 
> whether CCC will work. 
> 
> Can anyone advise whether it will work?

No.  z/VM 5.3 does not support CCC.  It's on The List.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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