RE: AS400 user password

["Lemen, George (Contractor)" <george.lemen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<< Snip>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:51:37 EDT
> From: MacWheel99@aol.com
> Subject: Re: AS400 user password
>
> I speculate that 
>
> 1. Many Hackers now know how to get past the AS/400 security of sites that

> have not yet installed this PTF
>
<< more snipped >>
> 3. There is a responsibility for IBM to notify all AS/400 customers in an 
> unambiguous manner about the seriousness of this ... not the usual vague
PTF 
> documentation buried in roar of other announcements.  I subscribe to
several 
> general IBM information services & have not yet noticed them saying
anything 
> about this.
<<End snip>>

Like Al, I don't recall seeing the PTF number for the fix that IBM turned
around recently. Have I missed it? IF so I would like to know the PTF
number. And I agree with Al -- the sooner the better (assuming the PTF has
been released).  
George Lemen
Sr. Technical Consultant, CIBER Inc.
CIBER phone/voice mail: (425) 451-2575 x142; e-mail: glemen@ciber
Weyerhaeuser CER Operations Manager
Weyerhaeuser phone: (253) 924-7975; e-mail: george.lemen@weyerhaeuser.com

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