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From: Ed Fishel <edfishel@us.ibm.com> > 1. Is it a security exposure to know the name of other user profiles on the system? > No. > Good security design requires that even thought a user knows the name of a > user profile, that cannot easily guess the password of the user profile or > even know any other information about that user profile. I agree with Ed. And everybody knows QSECOFR... It is simply not the case that knowing a user ID is "having won half of the battle". Still, it is also good policy not to give away any information during the signon process.
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