On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 2:45 PM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 5 LPARS, shared DASD, same rules for each LPAR. Full volume backups were > controlled by 1 DASD Admin.(now deceased) I no longer work there. As the > installer of the security product, TSS, even I had very limited access to > the security datasets. > If hacking the mainframe was easy, or even slightly below extremely > difficult, you would have hacks happening all the time since it’s where the > money is. Nearly every bank in the world runs on a mainframe. > Yeah, much easier to hack the Windows, or even Linux, front end. And, from what I've often read, "social engineering" can be even more effective. -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
