Open 3270 connection on the net??

[Jim Harrison]

I was Googling for some MQ information this afternoon and happened upon 
a state IT website.  Since it was a state I've often thought of moving 
to, I began browsing further to look at job postings and tried to find 
out where they were physically located.  Somehow I came upon a link for 
HOD and of course I had to click on it.  Guess what?  The software loads 
and I have the magic button sitting in front of me - and of couse, I had 
to click it.   Lo and behold, I got the VTAM logon screen for their z/os 
system!  My question is, is this common?  I can see doing it via a VPN, 
but open to the public?  Granted, guessing their applids, userIDs & 
passwords would be quite difficult, but I am not a professional hacker, 
so  I don't know for sure how big an exposure it is.   I know our 
security people would freak if we had an open connect point.  BTW, I 
closed the window, backed out immediately and didn't even try looking 
further.

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