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  3. March 2002

Re: OS/400 User Account Name Disclosure Vulnerability

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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