Re: Attention Users of *SYSTEM State

Quote:
Within two years IBM plans to remove the i5/OS ability to restore system
state programs not digitally signed by IBM. Only programs provided by IBM
will be able to use system state.
End-quote

How long does IBM think it will take the smartest and most experienced AS/400 
coders in the world to duplicate the digital signature? And please don't deny 
that most MI-programmers happen to be in exactly that category, because you 
need plenty of smarts and experience to even consider starting on 
MI-programming.

Given that some people perceive a need for something that IBM is not going to 
supply in a timely manner if at all and going by past experiences, I can pretty 
much guarantee that within one month of IBM removing the ability to restore 
system state programs not digitally signed by IBM, there will be programs that 
duplicate that digital signature for any desired program.

I am only a small time dabbler where it comes to MI-programming and mostly a 
reader of this list, but I know something about the history and the limits of 
security.

Advice to IBM:
Stop this nonsense before it is too late and start listening to the users.

A.P. Veening

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