I have had discussions with a number of other old dogs, and the consensus is that it would still be possible to bring down z/OS from, say, a TSO terminal. One would of course need to know what one was doing; but the notion that there are no rogues who have the necessary competences is a dangerous one, not least because one man's rogue may well be another man's patriot
One of the important points made in the Economist piece is that exploits are undertaken or sponsored not just by thieves and pranksters but by governments, commercial competitors, and the like. I am thus much less sanguine than Tony about the prospect that z/OS shops will escape the carnage. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
