Wow, clear text. But all that doesn't matter if a fellow sysprog
modifies my logon clist to put up messages something like this:
ACF01234 ID HAS BEEN OFFLINE FOR TOO LONG PLEASE LOGON AGAIN
ACF01235 ACF2, ENTER USERID:
ACF01236 ACF2, ENTER PASSWORD:
... and then SEND the password to the fellow sysprog.
Yes, that happened to me as a joke for the new guy. When entering the
password I did notice the text appeared on the screen, which was odd.
But I stupidly hit Enter anyway :)
This did open my eyes to how easy it is to obtain someone's logon
information.
On 5/12/2022 6:00 AM, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote:
Maybe include how the TSO password used to be stored (in clear of course) in
the TSB control block in days past.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
https://rsclweb.com
'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.'
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Charles Mills
Sent: 11 May 2022 23:02
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
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