Oh I figured that. But that's just a minor additional hurdle.
On 5/12/2022 5:12 PM, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote:
Although it was in clear text, it was in a read-protected control block.
Lennie
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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
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