Re: How Secure is the Series i, really?

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't someone on this list create a virus at one time as a proof of
concept?

On 1/3/07, Ingvaldson, Scott <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>Ethics, shmethics.
>
> My guess is that the main reason that malware is not written for the
> System i is that the people qualified to write these are EMPLOYED and
> want to stay that way.  Unsecured or under secured systems are hard to
> find and harder to get authority to.  They do not exist in dorm rooms on
> college campuses.
>
> In my humble opinion anyone with both minimal programming and SysAdmin
> skills (and proper access) could easily hide a program on the System i
> that would make the system unuseable after any future date or condition.
> <-- (Vague by design!)
>
> But I want to keep the job I have and I'm not interested in starting a
> "Security" company on the basis of my own notoriety!
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Ingvaldson
> System i Administrator
> GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company