Re: BugTraq Exploit for OS/400

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin, Greg,

You could also write your own validation program for the CHGPWD command.

hth,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Day" <greg_day@hotmail.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: BugTraq Exploit for OS/400


> >From: Kevin_a_Layne@CRCMN.COM
> >A system value that does not allow default passwords
> >would be a good idea and is not there as of 4r4.
> >Kevin Layne
>
> Kevin, You could write your own Create User Profile program and Enable
User
> Profile program to ensure default passwords are not used. Then use
ANZDFTPWD
> to monitor. Schedule it to run nightly.
>
> I have seen many profiles get created with default passwords and the user
> never gets around to using the signon, or there's a delay of some weeks
> before they use it. This is a vulnerability, especially if the User Id
> naming format is easily guessed, which I suggest it would be for an
insider.
>
> Forget the outside hacker, what percentage of security incidents occur
from
> disgruntled staff? I don't know, but it is high.
> Greg
>
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