Re: Number of Used Seats Audit -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Number of Used Seats Audit
From: Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:10:55 -0700
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And there are few reasons to do so. Usually the DB connection is the only reason to authenticate against the i. Not sure many applications need the full set of authorization management that authentication against the OS would deliver. Plus, it would be a bit of a challenge to manage.

This is a good design reminder Nathan. Web applications deliver quite a bit of flexibility in this respect.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 12/14/2011 10:51 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

A lot of web applications running under IBM i are not subject to extra license fees because they don't use IBM i authentication, nor do they require IBM i Access or other client software that is subject to entitlement.

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