It's not a security issue per se, but it did occur to me that SMCS might
encounter one problem that SDSF EMCS would not. An SMCS session behaves
like a real console in that messages continually flow to it according to
the usual rules. If an SMCS session is left unattended--even 'locked' as
others have suggested for security--in Roll Delete mode, messages will
accumulate wherever they live these days. This can eventually lead to a
console buffer shortage condition. In current releases of z/OS, this should
not present a serious problem, but it will not go unnoticed.
Let me be the first to raise my hand as a guilty party on this one. ;-(
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Last year I attempted to implement SMCS console support to provide the
various support teams console access whenever TSO/SDSF isn't available.
Our operations manager nixed the plan for what he thought were security
reasons. Last night we had a system problem that this support would have
been very handy to help me diagnose and fix the problem. I'd like to
revisit this with the manager but I would like more ammo to present my
case to him.
Are there any differences in security related "stuff" between SMCS
console capabilities and an SDSF (EMCS) console? We would require the
user to logon to the SMCS application so RACF would only grant access to
authorized personal and all other RACF profiles/rules would be in effect
for that user.
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