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From: Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Vernon Hamberg wrote: > > Properly administered, it would be extremely difficult to > > hack it. It's almost impossible to put a worm or virus or similar item on it. > > > > I'm sorry, but this statement is simply wrong. > The popular "buffer overflow" method of hacking into a system would not > work on an OS/400 system, thanks to the MUCH different way that pointers > work -- however, other methods of hacking would work quite nicely. > > The OS/400 community has always believed in "security by ignorance" > -- and I don't agree with that line of thinking I will have to agree with Scott. Believing that the AS.400 cannot be hacked is a dangerous "stick your head in the sand" attitude.
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