The APPC Application Suite is long gone if you're on any supported release of z/OS. That was AFTP etc. and provided IP-like functions over APPC.
However, that's not relevant to RRSF. APPC/MVS is still a supported part of z/OS and may be used for RRSF amongst other things. Your choice for RRSF is: • APPC/MVS, perhaps with LU6.2 session security, that you may judge not to be sufficiently secure these days. • TCPIP with AT-TLS giving industry standard PKI encryption up to TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2 depending on your version of z/OS. IBM are recommending migration from APPC/MVS to TCPIP with AT-TLS as that may be regarded as more secure. This has been available since z/OS 1.13, if my memory serves me correctly, and has been the subject of Share presentations. Mike Wawiorko Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: 15 October 2015 16:02 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RRSF Vtam vs TCPIP http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/zos_sods.html then search for APPC: z/OS statement of direction August 8, 2006 IBM plans to take the following actions effective with the general availability of z/OS V1.8: The APPC Application Suite is a set of common applications originally designed to enhance the value of SNA networks for end users. Since more full-featured alternative applications exist in modern integrated SNA/IP networks, z/OS V1.8 is planned to be the last release of z/OS Communications Server which will include the APPC Application Suite. After z/OS V1.8 the APPC Application Suite will no longer be shipped with the product, and will not be supported. However, note that APPC itself remains an integral part of z/OS Communications Server's SNA functions, and there are no plans to remove APPC from z/OS. For more information, refer to z/OS Communications Server Web site. On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM, White, Andy <awh...@metlife.com<mailto:awh...@metlife.com>> wrote: > Maybe someone can help me here: I thought IBM made a SOD for RRSF that we > should go to TCPIP vs APPC. We currently have 15+ systems using RRSF via APPC > and we are on z/OS 2.1 on all of them. I know it's been said many times at > SHARE its recommended you change to TCPIP so the links can be encrypted, you > can use TTLS etc. I'm not a RACF person more of systems back ground but is > there an official IBM SOD? If so can you point me to it would be appreciated. > > > Thanks > > > Andy > > > The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is for the > intended addressee only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination of the > information, or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the > intended addressee, please notify the sender immediately and delete this > message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu<mailto:lists...@listserv.ua.edu> with the > message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu<mailto:lists...@listserv.ua.edu> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group. Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167). Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Barclays Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register No. 122702). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
