On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 01:32, Binyamin Dissen < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 23:07:22 +0000 Richard Zierdt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > :>Name/Token pairs are pretty useful, but how secure are they? > [...] > :>Is there a control block chain of name/token pairs that any (authorized > / unauthorized) program can "read" to see every name/token in the system, > regardless of level, or just those pairs created with system level ? > > Yes. > TCB level ones are anchored off the STCB, so presumably unauthorized code in other address spaces can't see them. (Well I haven't checked the subpool they are obtained in for the TCB level case, but I imagine it's not common storage.) Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
