RE: security hole in interactive sql call statement?

Don't know if the SQL call is related to the command call.

And I'd like to know the end user that figured out how to break out into a 
command line from STRSQL by using the CALL QCMD.  Goes to show you that 
security by obscurity doesn't work.

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well, WRKACTJOB is just an example I used.  If user can call qcmdexc, the 
LMTCPB is pretty much useless and to look thru and secure all the ibm 
commands is not an easy task.  sooo, The next question would probably be: 
why not just secure the call command or qcmdexc program.  Well, having 
some problems with it at the moment.  These two objects are so commonly 
use that some other problems are popping up when securing them.  oh, well, 
its a fun day.





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If the IBM defaults are not good enough for you, then that is your only
option.

IBM ships WRKACTJOB with PUBLIC *USE.

You apparently don't want everybody to be able to use it, so you're only
choice is to change it and any similar command to PUBLIC *EXCLUDE.

Of course, this begs the question...why do you think the public shouldn't 
be
allowed to use WRKACTJOB?

The IBM defaults should be plenty secure enough for 99.9% of the shops out
there.

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lim Hock-Chai [mailto:Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:07 AM
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> 
> are you suggesting putting security on all ibm commands? 
> doesn't sound like a simple task.  Any suggestion on how to 
> implementer this? 
> 
> 
> 
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> CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> If your programmers shouldn't be allowed to do a WRKACTJOB, then they
> shouldn't have authority to the WRKACTJOB command.
> 
> HTH,
> Charles
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