On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> wrote: > You are missing the point. > > The APF program was written to the spec that the parameter will never be more > than 100 characters, and it was enforced by JCL. > > You are changing the rules allowing an end user to supply a longer parameter > which may cause overlays - without requiring a code change to the APF program, > i.e., giving an end user the ability to crash or subvert the system.
The proposal was for a PARMX, which would be accessed differently. So there's no opportunity for an end-user to crash/subvert the program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
