Yes. It's not a "technical problem" so much as a "policy problem". SSL/TLS works perfectly (well, maybe 1 bug that I know of) on VM/CMS, it's not the problem.
A client of mine (you know who I mean Alan) somehow came to the conclusion that Tectia is an "Enterprise-wide secure FTP solution", perhaps based on all the spin it has been getting lately (including in z/Journal). So, without REALLY knowing WHAT the "Enterprise" consisted of, they went forth and procured this product and have mandated that "all FTP shall be via Tectia secure FTP". Just one tiny little problem, Tectia is ENTIRELY SSH-based (no SSL/TLS support), and has neither a client nor server component for VM/CMS. So there's my problem in a nutshell. ALL FTP clients and servers OUTSIDE of VM/CMS are going to be SSH-based Tectia. They won't be able to talk to us, and we won't be able to talk to them. :( -Mike -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SSH For z/VM On Wednesday, 12/17/2008 at 09:33 EST, Michael Coffin <[email protected]> wrote: > I know IBM's TCPIP does not support SSH or SSH based SFTP, but does anybody > know of any third party products that provide SSH and Secure FTP over SSH to > VM/CMS environments? This would be for z/VM 5.4. Is there a problem with secure FTP and secure Telnet? (Now that the SSL support is available.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
