If passwords were ever in the SYSLOG, I don't think it has been a problem in the last 2 decades. I don't ever recall seeing them. I'm sure that z/OS, and OS/390 have never put passwords in SYSLOG. If you've seen passwords in SYSLOG, it must have been a long time ago, or put their by a user exit.
-- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer ---- Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > John: > > Over the years auditors at my company have come up with a similar > question. While I give it to the auditors I do no give it out to say > the average person. > 1. I have seen passwords on the syslog. > 2. I have also seen arguments that have come up in meetings over how > operators replied to messages and other operator actions. They > (operators) do not want to be second guessed on day to day jobs (they > get enough if that from their boss and me). Any information that is > pertinent to the job is in their joblog end of story. > > Ed > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 8:30 AM, McKown, John wrote: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
