Re: How Secure is the Series i, really?

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