Re: PC tool to access 400 data

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

boothm@ibm.net wrote:

> I am assuming that too.
>
> But now, what about this scenario:  A user has change authority to a file
> and has programs on the Client Access menu where he/she can change
> displayed fields like name & address from, oh, say, payroll.  Does this
> mean that now he/she could become an ODBC expert and go in that file and
> change other fields that are not normally displayed to him/her?  I am
> thinking of payroll header files where often times pay rate, y-t-d, q and
> q-t-d totals are kept.  Or Accounts Receivable header files where credit
> limits are kept.  or...

Yes.  That is AS/400's dirty little security secret.

This is not a new security hole, it's been around since the first PC was
connected via APPC (probably to a S/38).  But you used to have to possess a fair
degree of technical aptitude to exploit the hole.  But now, with MS creating all
kinds of fancy wizard programs that allow just about any ODBC user to connect to
the /400, we all have a serious security problem on our hands.

jte


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John Earl
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Riley Nichole Earl, Born 7/6/98 - 8lb 11oz.  Already an AS/400 fan!
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