× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.



Michael recommends monitoring IFS activity, but this is safe only if you otherwise trust the one coming in. As you say, exit points are better - they let you stop activity at the door. There are 3 formats for FTP login and 1 for client requests - if the party should not be there at all, that can be controlled. And the kinds of things they do can be regulated. I seem to remember several classes of requests that are given to the exit program. Not all that hard to write, in principle - just a program call with a defined set of parameters and structures, after all. API documentation should cover the details satisfactorily. I'm giving what I vaguely remember and do not guarantee complete correctness here.

Perhaps a special subcommand string could be sent, which could be changed to the appropriate call to signal the end of transmission and do something then.

Vern

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
James,
Exit points are the way to go for many things with FTP.
I will say that supported versions of the operating system do support the "limit capabilities" part of the user profile when using ftp commands.
ftp> QUOTE RCMD DSPJOB OUTPUT(*PRINT)
250 Command DSPJOB OUTPUT(*PRINT) successful.
ftp> QUOTE RCMD DSPPTF 5733L85 OUTPUT(*PRINT)
550-Error occurred on command DSPPTF 5733L85 OUTPUT(*PRINT).


Rob Berendt

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...

Replies:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.