Re: Programing Question/Authority...

["Chris Rehm" <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last night my wife and I were looking for something and as we dug out some
old boxes of my stuff I kept pulling out box after box of software with the
manuals still in shrink wrap. My wife was saying I should try to sell all
this mint condition stuff on eBay. I said, "Oh, yeah, I'm the only guy who
doesn't read documentation."

Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net
If you believe that the best technology wins the
marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <sublime78ska@yahoo.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: Programing Question/Authority...


> There's a great manual that IBM ships (at least through V4R5!) called
"Tips
> and Tools for Securing your AS/400".  Everyone should read this manual.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> > Behalf Of Chris Rehm
> > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:03 PM
> > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Programing Question/Authority...
> >
> >
> > Informal show of hands: How many read and apply such practices? Just
> > curious. I have been in some big shops where this stuff wasn't
practiced.
> >
> > When I worked in Las Vegas as a software vendor that was responsible for
> > maintaining our software on the sites of our customers and those
customers
> > gave us network attachment, I used to use some pretty basic
> > tricks to get to
> > do what I wanted/needed. I never abused this to mess with data
> > that I wasn't
> > responsible for, but I knew that I could.
> >
> > I know that it is possible to be extremely secure on an AS/400. I am
often
> > impressed how far the system has gone with even basic standard
practices.
> >
> > Maybe things are maturing, but I once walked into a Las Vegas
> > property where
> > I happened to be going to dinner and noticed a 400 sign on. I discovered
> > that not all the IBM supplied IDs had been changed.
> >
> > Oops, I guess I'm getting awful far afield. But anyway, granting *owner
> > authority does make sense at times but I think it really needs to
> > be thought
> > out and should be audited.
> >
> > Chris Rehm
> > javadisciple@earthlink.net
> > If you believe that the best technology wins the
> > marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.


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