My apologies to this the list. I did not mean for this email to be
sent there......
On 10/15/2010 07:42 AM, Ray Overby wrote:
Barry,
What do you think of contacting Lindy off list to see if we can't get
into contact with "heavily customized systems with lots of system
exits". KRI could help them with their technical expertise.......
Ray
On 10/15/2010 06:46 AM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
I think that there is another bit of wisdom there.
First, I don't think mainframe hacking would be very profitable. In
my opinion information would be the most valuable, and an inside job
would be easiest. Give someone, perhaps disgruntled, a large sum of
money and the information might be bought.
The thing that interests me is the fact that both user and system
people are becoming less and less experienced. I'm even seeing that
happen now in most of the places I visit. Some places have heavily
customized systems, with lots of system exits. They will soon be in
serious horse hockey, and many already are.
So if someone should make use of certain resources, some of the most
valuable coming from people with the most experience on these lists,
and learn the internals, there may be gold in them thar hills.
So to speak. :-)
Lindy
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Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:49 AM
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Subject: Re: Mainframe hacking?
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Lindy, you're correct but I think you forgot the corrolary: as good
sysprogs get scarcer, so do the numbers of people capable of
compromising the code. As the systems get more and more complex, it's
harder and harder to devise the mechanisms to compromise those systems.
True, we see less and less suspect SVC code and more and more PC code
that might be suspect. But as these types of problems grow, I'm sure
that IBM and REPUTABLE vendors are working to close any holes that
might exist.
Rick
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