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Re: *SAVRST (was Re: ftp versions of SAVRST... )

Tom

Securing the restore commands is a great way to prevent unauthorised
production deployments -
especially when you have hostile programmers on your site :)

Nothing focuses the mind on locking things down like having a group of
people intent on breaking the rules !

Cheers

>Evan:
>
>On Fri, 07 December 2001, Evan Harris wrote:
>
> > I hate the idea that a password that has save/restore capability ends up in
> > a script, no matter how short the time frame.
>
>I'm glad this was mentioned. *SAVRST is dangerous, granting the ability to
>bring an AS/400 down (for all practical purposes) in a few seconds. Few
>sites control it unfortunately.
>
>Tom Liotta

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