> Rsh on an internal z/VM virtual network achieves both. Things like Live Guest > Relocation introduces an anomaly into the equation, since a what appears as > "internal" one moment may in fact be "remote" at the next.
??? Shouldn't the topology not change? Other than physical host changes, I've been assuming the LGR stuff effectively is a unit black box from external hosts. > Of course, protocol security discussions rarely deal with common sense, but > with Rules Made To Be Followed Without Exception Because My Grandfather > Told Me So. Hence the descent into "rsh/rexec madness" and the unblinking > acceptance of unsecured telnet. Go figure. (I can't believe that in 2011 > secure telnet is not de rigueur.) Yeah. And then some. It is kinda surprising that VM and MVS still ship with plaintext tn3270 as the default. Sounds like a requirement. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
