> From: [email protected] > And here I don't know > the WSA topology. Which side does listen() and which side does > connect()? From what the OP said, it appears that the workstation > is the server.
The workstation agent (WSA.EXE) listens on the workstation, and the mainframe sends the connection request (and other requests) to the workstation agent. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:52:08 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > To: [email protected] > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:33:06 -0400, Dave Salt wrote: > > >> From: dick bond > >> Our workstation IP addresses, even if fixed (like mine - most are not), > >> cannot be accessed > >> from z/OS. I would think most real-world shops are that way - if not, > >> well, > >> they may need to hire some networking personnel to setup proper security. > > > >My experience is that most real-world shops CAN access the workstation from > >z/OS. I've worked at some very secure sites that had very tight security, > >and in every case it was always easy to set up a workstation connection. > > > It's more plausible that sites that like to consider themselves > very secure prohibit running servers of whatever sort (even X11?) > on desktops. (Even as they block ICMP.) And here I don't know > the WSA topology. Which side does listen() and which side does > connect()? From what the OP said, it appears that the workstation > is the server. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
