Re: An ugly exit. *EXITRG that is.

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Grant wrote:

> If there is a land mine somewhere in XPF or LIC and we are stepping on it
> then so be it -- that could happen to anybody.  I can understand that a
> customer might not fully understand these facts, but any worthy iSeries
> security vendor would know this and it is unfortunate that Mr. Crosby's
> postings and the respondents replies implying or concluding without fact
> that STANDGUARD or Bytware is somehow responsible for the exit point
> registry getting corrupted is ridiculous.

My original post on March 2 said (in part):

> They (IBM) have at least 8, and maybe 10, developers working on
> finding out what in the world is going on.  IBM says they don't believe that
> Standguard is the problem, per se, but that something that Standguard is
> doing is not being handled properly by IBM.  IBM and Standguard are in
> contact with each other on this issue.

and a followup of mine posted March 3 said (again in part):

> IBM called me on this.  They found something.  Want to know if I'm
> interested in a test PTF and I said yes.  Has something to do with
> multithreading.

So I hope you are not implying that I suggested Byteware was the 
culprit.  I merely pointed out the coincidence.  And it wasn't until the 
3rd time it happened that it dawned on me.

I, for one, "fully understand these facts".

-Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
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