RE: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!

["Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No one advertises that they have been cracked.  How many security violations
do you hear about at all - any platform?  Perhaps 1 percent of those that
actually happen.  And, that figure doesn't include the inside jobs.

Richard Jackson
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> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> |[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jenkins, Joseph
> |Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:58 AM
> |To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> |Subject: RE: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!
> |
> |
> |I would have to agree that there are more machines unsecured
> |than secured.
> |The advantages have been, the 400 isn't readily available to people so it
> |has been harder for them to hack it.  They can't get copies of
> |the software
> |to run on their home machine, chances are they don't have an
> |as400 at home.
> |
> |
> |How many security violations have you heard of for a 390 or a Cray?
> |
> |I think that part of the 400s ability to be secure is its obscurity.
> |
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Chris Bipes [mailto:chris.bipes@cross-check.com]
> |Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 11:33 AM
> |To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> |Subject: RE: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!
> |
> |
> |Really that should not have been posted!  Come on lets not give
> |away all our
> |secrets.  Lets not make it any easier for hackers to learn how
> |to break into
> |the AS400.  I know it is not easy, but how many people really
> |knew where to
> |look for passwords.
> |
> |
> |
> |Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
> |Sr. Programmer/Analyst       mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
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> |
> |If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses
> |work here.
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