On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:15:09 -0400, Robert S. Hansel (RSH) 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>(Cross-posting to RACF-L)
>
>Mark,
>
>
>If this works as per my interpretation, then I think the concerns raised by 
>others are
> valid. If I can create an alias with a name to which I have access that 
> points to a dataset
> to which I do not have access, I've now circumvented access controls for the 
> latter. 

Unless my testing is invalid, I've already confirmed this is NOT true.  The 
real data set
name is checked for access as well.    

I wouldn't have thought IBM could be that inept to do something like that and 
create the 
biggest security hole ever seen on this platform (at least that I could 
recall)! Especially 
in the service stream.  

Best regards,

Mark
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