RE: More on AS400 Signon screen

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trevor,

Very quickly, two good reasons come to mind.  First, to eliminate the
“Program” “Library” and “Menu” fields from the Signon screen.  Some
sites view these input capable fields as unnecessary security exposures
– especially if you have an important reason why _your_ initial program
should always run first.

The second reason is to place a warning message on the Signon screen
that identifies the information within as being proprietary, and not
free and open to the general public.  This in itself is not a so much a
security measure as it is a safeguard in the event of legal action -
some jurisdictions have identified that a specific “Keep Out” type of
warning is necessary in order for hackers and other miscreants to know
that yours is not a “open” system.

jte




John Earl - john.earl@powertechgroup.com
The PowerTech Group - Seattle, WA
+1-253-872-7788 - www.powertech.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of trevor perry
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 9:35 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: More on AS400 Signon screen

Related to this, I have a pushy question.. (And, BTW, this is not
picking on
anyone in particular.)

I was wondering why we so often feel the need to change the signon
screen.
Our companies/customers are paying us to provide services that allow
their
businesses to operate. How is it that we, the service provider, find
that we
can charge our time for modifying the signon screen - something that has
(IMHO) zero business value?

I ask this a lot of my customers when I am refacing applications, and
the
general answer is "because we can". I am very interested in other
"reasons"
or reasoning. Is this one of the few times we can be artists? What
positive
business impact does it have?

Thanks in advance,
Trevor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
trevorp@looksoftware.com

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