The security issue with mainframes is all the user's PCs being used for Input / Output devices. Click on one wrong link and a bad actor is logging user ids and passwords. Here the huge number of user ids with very limited security roles helps a lot,
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 2:10 PM Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe "z/OS security provisions are better than Windows security provisions > -- but you still have to employ them". > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Home is not where you live, but where they understand you. -Christian > Morgenstern */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Radoslaw Skorupka > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 04:41 > > It is possible to steal money from a tent or chalet. It is possible to steal > money from bank safe. > However it does NOT mean there is no security difference between tent and > safe. > Yes, z/OS *IS BETTER THAN WINDOWS IN TERM OF SECURITY*. > It doesn't mean it's bulletproof, but it is better. > > --- W dniu 21.12.2021 o 20:27, Erik Janssen pisze: > > The article itself may contain some errors and misunderstandings, but the > > conclusion is absolutely spot on. Some people still maintain the idea that > > z/OS is better that linux and even windows in terms of security. Sadly, > > this believe and lack of urgency means that all z/OS shops that are not > > recent on their maintenance today are running with zero day exploits in APF > > authorized routines that leave them extremely vulnerable. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
