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- From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: RACF/2 (was Re: OS/2 through 1999)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.115713.22805@hemlock.cray.com>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 16:57:13 GMT
- References: <1992Aug29.223902.3961@hemlock.cray.com> <7220@lib.tmc.edu>
- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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- In article <7220@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug29.223902.3961@hemlock.cray.com> bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier) writes:
- >> IBM's OS/2 PRPQ is RACF. It will stay a separate product till after
- >> 9/93 (when the Microsoft/IBM agreement on code ownership ends). IBM
- >> will release OS/2 with RACF (optionally installed) fourth quarter
- >> 1993. They will begin the certification process (for C2 first and
- >> then higher) at that time. They expect to have OS/2 certified in
- >> 1994.
- >
- >Hmmmmmm.
- >Do you have any further info? RACF (at least on MVS, where I'm used to working
- >with it) is a very powerful and flexible security system, but it's a bit
- >intimidating for the first-time admin. It'll be interesting to see how they
- >adapt it to OS/2.
- >--
- >Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
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- Jay:
-
- You know as much as I know on this topic. I suggest you contact your
- IBM representative about it. I would like to hear/read what you discover.
-
- Bert.
-