What's wrong with the truth? Mainframe code was written by professionals in an architecture that doesn't support such nonsense?
>From: Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On 7/6/06, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You want him to say that VM TCPIP has a built-in firewall or some such? > >It would probably also be fair to say the VM TCP/IP code was >written well before this bug was introduced... about the same >logic as applying a PTF early "before it becomes a PE" But >sometimes you can get away with such explanations. > >I tried numerous times to explain to security folks that they >should not ask such questions, but I have given up. It is far >easier to simply tell them that fix is applied... > >Rob "If you can't measure it, I'm Just NOT interested!"(tm) /************************************************************/ Barton Robinson - CBW Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Velocity Software, Inc Mailing Address: 196-D Castro Street P.O. Box 390640 Mountain View, CA 94041 Mountain View, CA 94039-0640 VM Performance Hotline: 650-964-8867 Fax: 650-964-9012 Web Page: WWW.VELOCITY-SOFTWARE.COM /************************************************************/