A denial of service attack would to to attempt to log on to the ID with the wrong password, until it is revoked when it reaches the number of invalid logon attempts.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM Jack Zukt < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > You already have a few answers. > I would begin by pointing out that PROTECTED userids were created si that > you could assign them to started tasks. To me, the biggest drawback of > associating a password userid to a started task, is the risk of having it > revoked by inactivity if the number of days between IPLs is greater than > the inactivy revoke period. > Regards > Jack > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 20:51 Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Everything to lose and nothing to gain. The STCs should run under a > userid > > that nobody can log on to and that nobody has proxy authority to. No > > password to expire. > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > > of Roberto Halais <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 9:05 AM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: STC Userids > > > > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > > > > I would like some feedback on what would happen if we assign passwords to > > the stcs in our z/OS environment. > > At this moment the stcs have no passwords assigned to them. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
