Yup - absolutely agree with Mary Anne. Base FTP has been disabled in this shop for years on the Mainframe. Only FTPS is accepted. Outgoing FTP has to be justified to all and sundry why we cannot use a secure method.
Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Gutowski Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS every two years (Official announcment) On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:40:30 -0500, Mary Anne Matyaz <[email protected]> wrote: >>In the fourth quarter of 2012, IBM plans to make secure delivery via FTP using >>Secure Sockets Layer (FTPS) an option for Internet delivery of ServerPac, >>CBPDO, SystemPac(r), FunctionPac, ProductPac(r), and Internet delivery of >>PTFs ordered using ShopzSeries and the SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER command. [...] >>In the fourth quarter of 2013, IBM plans to require the use of FTPS for >>direct downloads to z/OS systems. Download Director, an alternative download >>method you can use to download packages to a workstation and transfer them to >>z/OS later, is not affected by this change and is planned to remain available. >> >>This is very good news. > >Curious. How so? > >Art, we don't need to go through explaining why we're not using FTP, getting a >waiver for using it, etc with the isso's and auditors, every time our lpars >are scanned. I see. Anyone else share in Mary Anne's sentiment? In other words, is FTPS (or SFTP?) as much a requirement/priority notwithstanding the impending ShopzSeries / RECEIVE ORDER requirement? If so, and you can respond, please drop me a line off-list. Nothing detailed... just curious. Thanks, Art Gutowski ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
