Classification: HCL Internal Would you allow random updates of the ROOT directory on a *NIX system?. This is definitely both a integrity and an operational exposure
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 11:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXTERNAL EMAIL: How get a user to use his own catalog rather than master? [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] There's not much benefit to debating the semantics of "integrity". Nobody who doesn't thoroughly understand catalog management should be able to update the master catalog, because you can easily destroy the system by removing critical dataset entries. Much more typically, it just fills up with junk. sas On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:58 AM Gibney, David Allen <gib...@wsu.edu> wrote: > I could damage the catalog, perhaps as easily as adding datasets until > I overflow it. Perhaps not integrity as in ability to upgrade my > authority, but certainly a potential DOS and a threat to system stability. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
