Nothing is wrong with the truth. Isn't that why you read airline magazines, to get the truth? Some do, or so it seems.
Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barton Robinson Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:11 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: OSA Express, ZVM TCPIP, and Security 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 /************************************************************/
