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From: jt <jt@ee.net> > The SEPT is the System Entry Point Table. It is an array of pointers to the > storage location of different system programs. It's used in MI programming. and all the other HLLs (except java?). Every RPG programs contains several SEPT calls. > BTW, easiest way I can think of to crater a system is to hook the SEPT. > Move a pointer to one of your programs into the SEPT array. I wouldn't know > how to go about it, but am sure the MI-list does. With V5R1, destroying the SEPT has become more difficult. > > I dunno about security checking. IIRCAIMN (and I may not) the security is > built into the pointer. > The SEPT is not really a security exposure. On the contrary, using the SEPT prevents you from inserting your own programs earlier in the library list to masquerade as a system program.
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