On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:03:46 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote:
>>>
>>I can imagine a DoS attack in which an unauthorized user bogarts a QNAME/RNAME
>>generally used by an authorized facility. But such contention could arise
>>entirely
>>among unauthorized users.
>
>Yes, contention could arise strictly between unauthorized users, and that is
>OK in the sense that it could not contribute to a system integrity exposure.
>
>>Are there, perhaps, RACF rules to restrict use of selected QNAMEs to
>>specified user profiles?
>
Alas, the system is designed to protect itself from mischievous users, but not
to protect
the mischievous users from each other.
But maybe it doesn't matter. I wonder if Bad Things happen if the mischievous
user simply codes:
//STEP EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,COND=(0,LE)
//FILE DD DISP=OLD,DSN=SYS1.LINKLIB (SYS1.**, ad lib.)
-- gil
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