I saw the REXX code and it's quite simple. Just turn it on...I will try it .. thanks all of your help
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Walt Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:48:18 -0600, Hal Merritt <[email protected]> wrote: > >>IMHO: exits as a subspecies are evil critters. They become an ongoing > maintenance challenge and tend to attract unwelcome attention from auditors. > Exits are hard to write, hard to stress test, and introduce a level of risk. > You need extraordinary measures in place to protect the code. >> >>On the well proven fact that there is no software that is completely bug > free, why would you want to introduce -more- bugs into your most sacred of > processes: authentication? >> >>There is another pretty interesting argument that as the complexity of your > solution package increases, so do the opportunities for holes. Perhaps put > there intentionally (the largest risk is internal) or intentionally (bugs). >> >>I once worked in an exit happy shop. Getting the exits updated and tested > tended to be the single biggest bottleneck in rolling out new operating > system levels. >> >>Of course, if you have a compelling business/technical need, then lock and > load. > > Those are some of the reasons that we provided the REXX part of the exit, > too, with code that implements some commonly requested functions. Ideally > all you have to do is set some switches to enable the functions we've > already written. > > -- > Walt Farrell, CISSP > IBM STSM, z/OS Security Design > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
