Absolutely, only I'm not sure I'd use that analogy, since skimmers are real and on the rise!
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:52:26 -0400, Tim Henness wrote: > > >It is *theoretically* possible for someone with physical access to the > >zSeries processor to open it up and install some customized hardware > >that could intercept the clear key. Is that a reasonable risk for the > >dats you need to protect, when weighed against the improved performance? > > For most customers I would think so. But that is something customers > >have to weigh for themselves - with the assistance of their friendly > >neighborhood auditor! > > > This is similar to credit card skimmers in ATMs. It's *theoretically* > possible > but entirely implausible that some such person replace the entire z with a > counterfeit look-alike ... > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
