TN3270 does not authenticate. The application using VTAM to access a 3270, e.g., CICS, TCAS, does its own authentication.
IND$FILE has no security support. Again, it's up to the application. Of course, in both cases the application is constrained by the ESM, e.g., RACF, -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2024 9:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: in Defense of FTP. FUD rules On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:07:21 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: >Thanks! It seemed like we were only picking on poor FTP. > What authentication technique does TN3270 use? What protection does IND$FILE offer against exfiltration of sensitive data? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
