On 12 Nov 2006 18:14:20 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
much snipped
These were just some thoughts as I sit here waiting for an IPL to
install new maintenance. I must do my magic after the production
system (we only have one) is down. I'm using our sandbox to do the
magic because I
Greg Smith wrote:
Ed Finnell wrote:
In a message dated 11/13/2006 10:44:35 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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windows PC than os/2 was. I find it at last practical to use from
home,
especially to logon to the SE's .
so do the hackers
We have an
In a message dated 11/16/2006 6:32:59 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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Yes, it sounds like Hollywood S-F movie. Very unlikely to happen. How
likely is that hackers will want to break your well-protected home
access solution ?
IIRC that was how they were able to
Ed Finnell wrote:
In a message dated 11/13/2006 10:44:35 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
windows PC than os/2 was. I find it at last practical to use from home,
especially to logon to the SE's .
so do the hackers
We have an interesting setup here.
At
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On Sunday, 11/12/2006 at 09:33 CST, McKown, John
No, it is Linux based.
Bill Choate
Emory University
AAIT
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McKown, John wrote:
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On Sunday, 11/12/2006 at 09:33 CST
On Monday, 11/13/2006 at 05:07 CET, R.S.
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It's Linux based, but I doubt you will like it.
The operating system (formally IBM claims it's closed system - you
cannot have even command line) is one animal, but the HMC application is
another. It works almost the same way
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Monday, 11/13/2006 at 05:07 CET, R.S.
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It's Linux based, but I doubt you will like it.
The operating system (formally IBM claims it's closed system - you
cannot have even command line) is one animal, but the HMC application
is
another. It works
It may not look so nice but I consider it much better for remote access from
a windows PC than os/2 was. I find it at last practical to use from home,
especially to logon to the SE's .
Crispin Hugo
Systems Programmer, Macro 4
http://www.macro4.com/
Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill
On 13 Nov 2006 09:20:43 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
windows PC than os/2 was. I find it at last practical to use from home,
especially to logon to the SE's .
so do the hackers
The biggest advantage to both the home consumer and to the hackers is
that Windows is so popular -
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:18:35 -0700, Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 13 Nov 2006 09:20:43 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
windows PC than os/2 was. I find it at last practical to use from home,
especially to logon to the SE's .
so do the hackers
The biggest advantage to both
On 13 Nov 2006 11:16:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom
Marchant) wrote:
The biggest advantage to both the home consumer and to the hackers is
that Windows is so popular - including most people who don't have safe
computing practices.
That's what Microsoft would have you believe. It sounds
On 13 Nov 2006 11:16:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom
Marchant) wrote:
Just as an example, why did Microsoft think it was a good idea
that a document should contain executable code? Why would I want
to run arbitrary code that you might include in a document that
you send me?
Oh, it made lots
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well.
the other viewpoint was that the software was designed as dedicated,
disconnected tabletop operation ... and allowed numerous applications
(games, etc) to take over the whole machine. a
But it is bad for software developers to believe even slightly that hacking
can't happen to us.
I can see denial of service (DOS) attacks being successful.
But, I've never heard of one aimed at z/OS, or predessors.
But, the memory protection scheme will stop most of the others.
Also, with an N
This is basically for my curiousity. It isn't going to happen here
anytime at all. But I am wondering how the people who do it, do remote
sysprogging? Not the normal day-to-day type stuff. I mean things such
as:
A problem at IPL. Either the IPL fails or some problem (usually ill
defined) occurs.
Is OS/2 still the HMC OS? It is on our system, but it's 3-4 years old.
That's my biggest problem with any remote support, I've forgot alot about
using half OS.
I'm only a mile or so away, and I still go to the hardware when I do a CPAC
install. Once I get a new OS level customized, I rarely go
On 12 Nov 2006 18:14:20 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote:
This is basically for my curiousity. It isn't going to
happen here
anytime at all. But I am wondering how the people who do
it, do remote
sysprogging?
Short
On Sunday, 11/12/2006 at 09:33 CST, McKown, John
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Yes, the HMC on the zSeries is still OS/2.
I hate to be a party-pooper, but the current HMC 2.9 is not based on OS/2!
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
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