Re: tgsv50 and AIX patch info address@hidden, address@hidden, Linda Miller <address@hidden>, Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>

Allan,

Thanks for the information.  It's very useful for us to understand the
constraints that you're working with on your end.  Is there a deadline
by which these AIX systems must be upgraded, or can you get a temporary
exception for operational systems?

I'll be so bold as to speak for others here, but our intention is to
address this issue as quickly as possible.  I also understand the
concerns about being one deep on LDM relay systems (tgsv50/51) and
didn't know if you had operational issues with that as well?

Finally, I'd like to accept your offer of a test AIX system.  Let us
know when the system is available!

mike

On Mar 25,  8:05am, Allan.Darling wrote:
> Subject: Re: tgsv50 and AIX patch info
>
> Mike,
>
> Thank you (and all the other Unidata staffers who have worked on this issue)
> for your investigation on the AIX upgrade issues that have negatively
> affected LDM.  Unfortunately, the reason for our AIX upgrade was to address
> security requirements, including the DOS Vulnerability for RPC.  We are
> required to meet certain goals mandated by the Federal Information Security
> Management Act, including maintaining systems at current security patch
> levels.  A back-level AIX installation is not an option for us.  We have
> fielded our Regional Radar Image Distribution Systems on mid-range IBM
> RS/6000 servers running AIX.  To date, we have had very limited success in
> running SuSE Linux on the PowerPC architecture.  Acqusition of different
> systems would be difficult at this time.  More importantly, the CONDUIT root
> server is a high-end RS/6000 M80 system (PowerPC architecture) also running
> AIX O/S.  We must upgrade this system to a current maintenance level as soon
> as possible, given its presence on Internet2.
>
> If there is no expectation that Unidata will be addressing the LDM execution
> problem under AIX then we will need to begin discussion of how to support
> CONDUIT.  If the principle roadblock in the investigation is availability of
> an AIX system to use for testing, NWS/TOC can work with you to provide a
> remotely accessable AIX system with admin support.
>
> Thanks again for your support to date.  I hope to hear from you Thursday
> with information about the possibility of going forward to a resolution of
> the problem.
>
> Regards,
> Allan