Re: tough choices

Be that as it may, no DB2 customer I have ever worked with has used a Tivoli product for security. So, to say that DB2 necessitates Tivoli for security, as has been contended in this thread and in the past by Oracle sycophants, is not just a red herring - it is a scarlet herring, an ochre cod, and a rust kipper. Larry E has worked on Wall Street with both DB2 customers on mainframes, UNIX, Linux and Windows. Larry: have you ever included a Tivoli security package for a DB2 customer?

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> 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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