Re: AS400 user password

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

> Gene Gaunt is a talented programmer and writes some great stuff and I don't
wish
> to bash him, but IMHO it was a mistake to post the code the way he did.  I
would
> think that a genuine concern for security would dictate that an Securty
APAR
> would be opened prior to posting this very serious exposure publicly (And
as a
> programmer, wouldn't you rather be told personally about your bugs before
they
> get posted on an internet forum?).  During the time that it took IBM to
respond,
> we were all hanging out there with our passwords available to anyone with
> programmer abilities and a subscription to the MI list.

I fully agree that IBM should be commended on their responsiveness on
this, but one could speculate how long this would have taken, had Gene
NOT published his code first.



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