RE: CD Burning software? -- MIDRANGE-L

Sorry, Chuck, but I'm still not gettin' it...

Does it adopt authority, or something...?  Anyway, my understanding of the
LODRUN (which is partial) is that it does a restore and a call,
essentially...  If you have a device that allows RSTLIB, I'm not sure how
that's a whole lot MORE secure.  (Maybe some...)

Besides which, who's responsible for security of access to the LODRUN
command?  Each shop, or Brad's coders...?

IMV, that's a shop responsibility and you can go WAY too far trying to save
somebody from themselves.  *May* have cost Brad a sale, in this particular
case.  So while I may not understand the exposure, I'm not at all sure of
the wisdom of leaving this functionality out.

Welcome to comments on both issues, of course.

jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Chuck Morehead
| Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:31 PM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Re: CD Burning software?
|
|
| IIRC, the program LODRUN runs must be owned by QSYS.  This may be
| where the
| potential security problem lies.
|
| Chuck
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
| To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
| Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:31 AM
| Subject: RE: CD Burning software?
|
|
| > Brad,
| >
| > I don't get it either...  You allow a RSTLIB but not LODRUN...?!?
| >
| > Besides, I would think even the most backward shops maintain
| some physical
| > security for the daggone machine...
| >
| > jt
| >
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| > | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Brad Jensen
| > | Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 12:21 PM
| > | To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| > | Subject: Re: CD Burning software?
| > |
| > |
| > | David, I have a device that does this - it plugs in as a tape
| > | drive so it still need a tape interface, but no tape drive.
| > |
| > | And it doesn't use LODRUN - my guys think that program is a
| > | security breach
| > |
| > | you savlib or savobj to it - including multiple libs orobject -
| > | when you do an unload tape it takes what you have sent and writes
| > | a CD from it, and you can rstlib or rstobj from the CD drive on a
| > | AS/400, and it works greet . Computer Associates uses three of
| > | them
| > |
| > | $4995 is the price and it includes the hardware and software, you
| > | have to provide the correct IBM tape drive cable.
| > |
| > | I doubt you will ever see mastering software on the AS/400 itself,
| > | it is too time critical a project (although I have just seen CD
| > | drives that say there are underrun proof.)
| > |
| > | ----- Original Message -----
| > | From: "David Gibbs" <david@midrange.com>
| > | To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
| > | Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 9:53 AM
| > | Subject: CD Burning software?
| > |
| > |
| > | > Folks:
| > | >
| > | > Does anyone know if there is any AS400 CD Burning software that
| > | does not
| > | > require a tape drive to operate?
| > | >
| > | > Thanks!
| > | >
| > | > david
| > | > --
| > | > | Internet: david@midrange.com
| > | > | WWW: http://david.fallingrock.net
| > | > |
| > | > | Justice ... not vengeance
| > | >
|
|
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