On 25 Jun 2007 07:23:21 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charokee Sun) wrote:
Our company recently had been given a task by our client
to test the
responsiveness and capabilities of their systems
programmer in their test
environment. Our tasks assigned include to hack their
system to
cause/simulate system and application outage, of course
not to the extent of
hanging/re-IPLing the whole system.
I've been enjoying the responses to this. I'm in
general agreement that we shouldn't give that kind of
information on a public forum, and that the OP shouldn't
have asked.
However, in terms of testing a sysprog: A much
better test than being able to hack a system is being able
to undo the results of such a hack. I've seen users
accidentally bring a system to its knees, and a sysprog's
job is to get the system going again without an IPL, and
with minimal impact on schedules and people.
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