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  Asked: Jul 13 2005   7:03 PM GMT
  Asked by: tsdnesh

Secure File Transfer for Mainframe systems


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I would like to transfer files from Unix machine to Mainframe system (using Unix machine as client). The transfer process need to be secure (ie. data sent thro network should be encrypted using 128-bit encryption algorithm). I came to understand that SFTP server is not available for Mainframe systems and hence using SFTP is not an option. Please let me know any other alternatives for the "Secured File Transfer to Mainframe system".
- Dhinesh

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Last Answered: Jul 14 2005  8:58 AM GMT  by pscJohnD




Take a look at NDM (Network Data Mover). It is a secure (but expensive) solution.
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glennp7777  |   Jul 14 2005  3:19PM GMT

How about SSH, OpenSSH, rdist, rsync? Are any of these available for the mainframe?

 

MennoT  |   Jul 24 2005  5:42PM GMT

SFTP (which is part of the SSH package) *is* available on the mainframe, but has some limitations: it cannot directly access native datasets. An alternative is FTPS, which is FTP-over-TLS (previously SSL). As long as you don’t have to pass a firewall, it is a viable alternative.