That question might be better answered by Tim Rowe, since I believe that is part of his portfolio.

We are not seeing it in the logs we keep, but…..
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects




On Jul 9, 2025, at 10:47 AM, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey friends an interesting one. i got asked this ACS question. I have a note out to Jesse G, but curious if anyone knows the answer to this:

Do you know if the 5250 emulator runs whoami, sysinfo or netstat commands in the background at all?

We have an MSP who monitors the firewall and connections, and they see those commands being run in the background and we wanted to make sure it wasn't anything nefarious.

Thoughts appreciated so I can respond appropriately.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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