>>> On 3/30/2011 at 11:56 AM, Ron Foster at Baldor-IS <[email protected]> >>> wrote: > Is this a common restriction? That is, you have to have your DMZ based > web servers running on some other platform so that your mainframe is not > exposed to the internet.
I won't say it's _not_ common, but it's a leftover from the days when MVS was about the only thing running on the mainframe. Not a valid restriction for modern applications. > Or, the new folks just don't understand the built-in security provided > by the z10 and z\VM 6.1. That's entirely likely. Perhaps IBM needs to inform them of the EAL5 rating that LPARs have, along with the certifications that z/VM has racked up over the years. > I know that we will end up conforming to the rules that the new folks > have, but I was just wondering if the new folks really know what they > are talking about. They might have 10+ years ago. Not today. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
