Although it was in clear text, it was in a read-protected control block. Lennie
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: 12 May 2022 20:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Story of Mainframe Passwords 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 . > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
