On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 23:12:10 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:

>I'll be the first to admit that I know just enough of what is in SYS1.PARMLIB 
>to be dangerous, BUT . . .
>
>What information could possibly be gleaned from reading PARMLIB that would 
>require a knowledgeable auditor to insist on restricting read access (other 
>than security by obscurity and sysprog/auditor job security)?
>
>Just curious, I don't plan on hacking anything.
> 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarian_principle

It spares the sysprog/auditor the burden of proving, axiomatically,
that it's safe.

-- 
gil

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