RE: Programing Question/Authority...

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's a great manual that IBM ships (at least through V4R5!) called "Tips
and Tools for Securing your AS/400".  Everyone should read this manual.

Phil




> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Chris Rehm
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:03 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Programing Question/Authority...
>
>
> Informal show of hands: How many read and apply such practices? Just
> curious. I have been in some big shops where this stuff wasn't practiced.
>
> When I worked in Las Vegas as a software vendor that was responsible for
> maintaining our software on the sites of our customers and those customers
> gave us network attachment, I used to use some pretty basic
> tricks to get to
> do what I wanted/needed. I never abused this to mess with data
> that I wasn't
> responsible for, but I knew that I could.
>
> I know that it is possible to be extremely secure on an AS/400. I am often
> impressed how far the system has gone with even basic standard practices.
>
> Maybe things are maturing, but I once walked into a Las Vegas
> property where
> I happened to be going to dinner and noticed a 400 sign on. I discovered
> that not all the IBM supplied IDs had been changed.
>
> Oops, I guess I'm getting awful far afield. But anyway, granting *owner
> authority does make sense at times but I think it really needs to
> be thought
> out and should be audited.
>
> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
> If you believe that the best technology wins the
> marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan shore" <SHOREA@dime.com>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Programing Question/Authority...
>
>
> > If you read the IBM security reference manual, there are ways to capture
> this (plus other) information, already available at NO cost (except
> development time).
> >
> > >>> <rob@dekko.com> 07/26/01 01:05PM >>>
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > <snip> QSECOFR should be generating a report on objects with *owner
> > authority and an eye should be kept on how
> > they work.
> > <endsnip>
> >
> > Many of the security tools will do some of this work for you.
> - report on
> > objects with *owner authority.  An example is PentaSafe.  How they work,
> > may be a separate issue.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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