RE: DB2UDB hack

From: Elvis Budimlic

Gentlemen, to put this thread to bed, let's just remember that i5/OS is
written by humans and by definition cannot be infallible.

If you search IBM support site for "Integrity problem" you'll find 1000s
of
PTFs, so one could say it's documented depending on one's definition of
the
word documented (remember Clinton's legal defense).

Just because I can't do it, it doesn't mean it is not doable.

It's MUCH easier on Windows, but so what.

Let's move on...

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

I will NOT let that slide! Although in the interests of the list, I will
make this my last remark.

The point is that Windows IS more vulnerable than i5/OS. Much more
vulnerable, in many more ways. And anybody who says different is doing a
disservice to anyone that listens to them. And those of you who are saying
to yourself, "Yeah, we know, Joe, so let it slide" are missing the point:
we've got someone who is ostensibly an i5/OS security expert saying in so
many words that Windows is as secure as i5/OS.

Unfortunately, if the average person hears VHS enough times they'll stop
buying Betamax. Windows is cheaper, there are more Windows programmers, and
Windows has a nifty GUI. All true. But Windows is far inferior to i5/OS
when it comes to security, and if a "leading expert" of i5/OS technology
says Windows is as good as i5/OS, then I'm going to scream until I'm blue in
the face that he's wrong.

Because he is.

Joe