On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:07:16 +0800 Charokee Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. :>Just want to know whether anyone out there have done any similar test before :>and willing to share what they have tested. Btw, we will be provided with :>powerful TSO user IDs but won't be allowed to touch any system module and :>probably just to change some control blocks in memory. Somehow, it seems :>easy to think what you can do in CICS and DB/2 but it's easier said than :>done in MVS. :>The systems programmers will be given at least 1-1/2 hour limit to resolve :>the problem. Altering some CICS options in memory seems easy enough. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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