Re: tough choices

Blair Adamache wrote:

> For security, 99% of DB2 customers today use services provided by the
> operating system (like Kerberos on Windows and RACF on zOS). I'm aware
> that there are Tivoli security products, but none of them are part of a
> typical DB2 installation.

They do so because equivalent security is an add-on that costs more money. And equating mainframe operating system level security to security on Windows ... that I find hard to take in a single bite.

To me operating system security on a server is a hole to be avoided whenever possible. At least on most operating systems.

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