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  3. December 2009

Re: STG(*FREE) on SAV* commands...

CRPence wrote:
Graap, Kenneth wrote:

Being able to save objects that a programmer or operator doesn't have direct authority to, may be a useful function that Special Authority *SAVSYS addresses, but the security risk associated
with STG(*FREE) makes giving this authority to anyone extremely
risky.

The bigger security problem for the Save System special authority is actually for the ability to *restore* objects.

And that's (IMO) a very underrated exposure. The way I learned it was "He who can save an object, can restore the object." That was followed by an example scenario that very clearly illustrated the problem.

*SAVSYS is a /special/ authority for good reason. It is not to be assigned lightly.

Thank you, Chuck, for what may be taken as an authoritative assessment.

Tom Liotta


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