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From: Alexei Pytel <pytel@us.ibm.com> > This hardware/software discussion made me think. > Ultimately, whatever hardware does on computer, it is sofware that is > responsible for what hardware is doing. > Software in a way is the soft spot of any system (pun intended). > > Bottom line - be careful about who is authorized to what on your system - > whatever platform you have. A person with enough authority can do amazing > things to a system. > It is possible for a user-state program belonging to an ordinary user profile and that does not adopt authority and that does not call any other programs to assume all authority on an AS/400, so the authority checking is also not sufficient. The only way the AS/400 can be secure is if you 1) never allow a programmer access to it 2) never restore any programs to it These two conditions are so severe that they are rarely met.
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