Lizette,

Thank you that was a great suggestion, I had thought about but figured
you’all might have experienced
This first hand.

Regards,
Scott

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 2:04 PM Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The text on the apar states:
>
>   ****************************************************************
>   * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: NEW FUNCTION: System parameter          *
>   *                      OSPROTECT specifies the operating       *
>   *                      system protection mode for              *
>   *                      unauthorized programs and users.
>
>
> So I am not sure there is a lot of details on HOW it will do that.  If
> there were, then I would suspect that would reduce the ability of this
> process to protect against malicious attacks
>
> A question like that should be made directly to IBM if you are an IBM
> Partner
>
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Lizette
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of
> > scott Ford
> > Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2018 10:45 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: OA54807
> >
> > All:
> >
> > I dont seem to understand the OSPROTECT IEASYS parm chnage with the
> PTF/APAR.
> > So i will ask a question, we create a storage area in subpool 231 with
> > mod=sup like the below snippet...
> >
> > LM    R9,R11,4(R1)       LOAD ADDRESS STG AMT, ADR & RC
> > L     R9,0(R9)           STG AMT - S/B 4K MULTIPLE
> > MODESET KEY=ZERO,MODE=SUP GO INTO SUPERVISOR MODE STORAGE
> > OBTAIN,LENGTH=(9),SP=231,LOC=ANY
> >
> >  I dont have the APAR/PTF installed so i have not tested it. Does the
> > PTF/APAR effect ISV's who use routines like above or ?
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Scott Ford
> >
> > z/OS Dev.
> >
> >
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