updated legacy mainframe app

["Gus Fritschie" <gfritschie () hotmail com>]

Our organization is updating a legacy mainframe application to a GUI 
client-server application.  On the mainframe EntireX Broker will be 
installed.  The client software will include the following:

1) Microsoft .NET
2) Software AG Communicator run time
3) Compiled .NET code, dynamic link libraries, and EntireX client

My question is what control weaknesses could be introduced by this change 
and what tests would you recommend performing, besides basic application 
control tests.

Thanks!



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