Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >>Just tell them, "Oh! RACF does all that!" >Lying to your management is not a good idea.
Agreed about lying, but see below: Paul wrote on 2 July this (I quote fully for clarity): >>> "Perhaps it's merely to satisfy a management edict that "Every computer must run AV protection!" (What about the mainframe? Just tell them, "Oh! RACF does all that!")" IMHO: Actually on z/OS side (Not Linux or Unix side) there are no antivirus software, because there are NO [1] vendors to start with it. While you can say 'RACF does all that', it is a good thing to remember that RACF does NOT *scan* datasets or files or JES2/3 Spool data for threats. Perhaps you could do some scanning on e-mails before you pass it to SMTP, but that is another story for a 'do nothing' day... ;-D For really bored sysprogs and wannabee enterpreneurs ;-D : You could perhaps do some scanning for each access attempt (during RACROUTE call) if you see your way open to handle severe performance problems... 8-D [1] - Last time I checked that was about a year or so ago... ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
