On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:00:27 +0000, Mark Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

>Just following up on your comment re your curiosity re IEFOPZxx debate on the 
>GSE UK LSG Agenda.
>
>We will debate IEFOPZ from two perspectives:
>
>The first being how, why and when to use it, as its one of those topics that 
>can potentially just slip by if the techies are not paying
>attention.
>
>The second and the more interesting discussion will be around any potential 
>security issues that could be exploited, by a rogue user, 
>who has update or higher access to PARMLIB, couple with some patience or the 
>ability to dynamically enable this for a given program.
>
>Given they could introduce their own code into the system, there are several 
>security questions to be asked:

Speaking as a former security designer for z/OS, I have to say that if a rogue 
user has update access to PARMLIB you have a lot more than IEFOPZxx to worry 
about.

-- 
Walt

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