-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Berg Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:46 To: [email protected] Subject: SV: Password (was: slightly O/T but interesting)
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > För Paul Gilmartin > Skickat: den 22 januari 2013 15:13 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Password (was: slightly O/T but interesting) > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:57:43 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > > > >Some of my users, before we enforced better (?) password rules and > >regulations, some of my bored users were using one character/number > >password. Nothing can beat that super extra-fast entry, but see below. > >;-D > > > >(With ids only in SYS1.UADS where you define TSO ids without a > >password, only ENTER (key, not the word, dummy) is needed. No > >password > >- Mach speed entry. :-D ) > > > TSO used to accept "userid/password<ENTER>" I knew someone who used > "/" as his password. (He didn't conceal it.) So: > > userid//<ENTER> > > ... one transaction; minimum hand movement. > When I begun using TSO the password dataset was unprotected, I could both read it and - I think - change the content... :) Those were the days... :) Regards Thomas Berg To overcome that, we already had an encryption algorithm in a TSO exit: shift the password 1 bit to the left before storing it. Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
