You want him to say that VM TCPIP has a built-in firewall or some such? Regards, Richard Schuh
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:41 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: OSA Express, ZVM TCPIP, and Security On: Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 04:15:04PM -0400,David Boyes Wrote: } > One of the management types near me is concerned about TCPIP "buffer } > overrun security exposure" on our ZVM 5.2 Z890 system. } > Should I be concerned with buffer overrun security exposures? If I } > should not be concerned, how would I go about giving comfort to the } > concerned management types? } } 1) The VM TCPIP stack is not based on the common BSD roots of the Unix } and Windows TCP implementations. It is not susceptible to attacks based } on code analysis of the BSD code. David, Now you just need to re-write this in manager-speak, so it can be given to the suits in a language they understand. :-) -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, Zero & Casey, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
