Financial institutions in particular strictly control what sites outside of the mainframe can be accessed by the mainframe (outgoing requests in particular). I put those restrictions down to auditor paranoia and incompetence with respect to the mainframe environment, which are widespread if not ubiquitous.
Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXTERNAL Email: CBTView ISPF Dialog - quick survey/question On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:19:46 +0000, Jerry Whitteridge wrote: >Yes absolutely ! FTP to external sites is strictly controlled. > Is the concern with the intrinsic weakness of FTP? would FTPS (AT/T:S) be better? Does cbttape.org support those? If the concern is malware infiltration, curl, HTTPS, and IND$FILE from a desktop waystation are all suspect. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
