I did say "... truly a DOS attempt", meaning intentional and not accidental. We are all human and therefore make mistakes.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2017 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dynalloc (was Macro processor) EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of Broadridge. Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. On 2017-12-24, at 11:01:38, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > > If truly a DOS attempt, then this would be followed the next day by promotion > to the street for the responsible programmer and reprimands for the code > reviewer(s) for missing such a trick. > But the DoS could be inadvertent, by a novice programmer, unprivileged, outside the production stream, not subject to review. And for this, DYNALLOC provides somewhat better protection than JCL because such a person would probably lack S99WTDSN authority. It's a pity that RACF allows ENQ on a DSN with no authority to access that data set. But that would require that JCL distinguish between intent to write and not to write, and more. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
