Re: Paging file

From: <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
> >Leif Svalgaard wrote:
> >> And my point is that if you NEED the security, don't use an AS/400,
> >> because the SLS architecture combined with all the other flaws
> >> make that platform unsuitable.
> >
> >This discussion is mindboggling.  Unless I've been living under a rock
> >somewhere, this is the first time I've _ever_ heard the SLS of the
> >AS/400 put in a negative light.
> >Jeff Crosby
>
>
> Security aside,   Yes Leif,  I said aside
>
> SLS is an elegant system design with many automatic benefits.
> Persistent Virtual addresses is a plus from many many perspectives.

You are correct. But only on the premise "security aside"

> Lets say I have a .EXE on a PC,   I could write a program(C, VB, pick a
> language) to read the first 100 bytes of that "File"
> Even though it's a Program.    Try reading the first 100 bytes of a *PGM
> object on the iSeries.
>

I have such a program on the AS/400. Here are the first 100 bytes
of the (system) program QDBCLOSE:

000000  00010048 00908000  23C8439F 4A000000    ···ç·°Ø··H䤢···
000010  70010300 00000000  00000000 FF000000    ø···············
000020  80000201 D8C4C2C3  D3D6E2C5 40404040    Ø···QDBCLOSE
000030  40404040 40404040  40404040 40404040
000040  40400800 00000000  00000070 00403600      ·········ø· ··
000050  842E8DE6 F5230A1A  0DBF8EE4 BD000000    d·ýW5····©ÞU¨···
000060  00000000 00000000  18C6A849 C8000000    ·········FyñH···
000070  23C8439F 4A001000  14000000 01000000    ·H䤢···········