Re: V5R4 and patch programs

As I recall I started thinking about this when the following was posted by
Allen Hartley:


on 11/17/2005 04:38:24 PM:

> What can be done with UNDEL to run it on the new V5R4 operating system?
> Will it always have to be system state or is there a way around it.
>
>

http://archive.midrange.com/mi400/200511/threads.html


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Bryan Dietz
Aktion Associates



mi400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/01/2006 05:03:44 PM:

> According to this post by Bruce Vining on 11/18/05:
>
>   http://archive.midrange.com/mi400/200511/msg00013.html
>
> system state programs won't be prevented in V5R4, but in some future
> release.
>
> Maybe someone who got V5R4 early can verify this.
>
>  From the webcast PDF, "new hardware storage protection helps prevent
> against rogue or altered programs from directly accessing system
> objects, such as database records."
>
> It looks like system state programs may still run, depending on what
> they do.
>
> (Message from UNDEL: "Who you callin' a rogue?" :-)
>
> --Dave
>