Including when password had nothing to do with authentication and system access. The PASSWORD file (yes, single level dataset name) was used to implement PASSWORD protection for specific datasets.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 3:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: The Story of Mainframe Passwords > > Reg Harbeck (a name many of you should recognize) and I are putting > together > a presentation on the above subject. We would appreciate any material that > anyone thought could be included. (I guess I should get all lawyerly here > and say if you send it to us you grant us permission to use it.) > > Note that we specifically avoided calling it the HISTORY of mainframe > passwords. We are aiming at casting a much wider net than a bunch of "and > then mixed case came along in 20__." The presentation is intended to be > fun, > not a password tutorial. > > If you wanted to write me off this list it's charlesm at mcn dot org. > > Thanks! > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
