Re(2): Procedure changing not passed values

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:31:23 -0400
>From: "Mike Naughton" <mnaughton@juddwire.com>
>
>I have no problem with not doing "such illegal things", but your statement
>took me aback a little. Are all these bad things really possible? On
>OS/400? I thought, in particular, that the operating system is immune to
>tampering from user programs. OTOH, I can easily believe that my own data
>might be adversely affected. . . .

I think it's possible to corrupt the system entry point table.
But I'm not sure.  So maybe it's not possible with a user program
to corrupt the OS.  But I think reinstalling the OS is not as bad
as trying to figure out what data your database should hold.

But perhaps I overstated the danger; I was trying to make it clear
that it was a very bad idea to try something illegal just to see
what happens.  Sorry if I caused any undue alarm.

Barbara Morris

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