Not just IBM, but any vendor that has a product that includes system level code (APF authorized, Key 0 or supervisor state).
Lou -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity - Unknown On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 1:43 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > If there were no unpatched security holes then IBM wouldn't need to > release security PTFs to fix them. I would hope that it's a lot harder to > find one than it used to be. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Eric Verwijs <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: eWEEK Article highlights weaknesses in Mainframe Security > > > http://secure-web.cisco.com/1cEGuBe_ZRQESR4kUXS7ShVfhPRr6RLxpO47vTAIYiTpY0Px4GzQAVFwbRnVRDSO88yQdYgZwS9NG2LhzWNCaA7jKdLghofcDczS2pS3jXM7QWTltrwO_G_rwXUyVhX6ZWsuHZY6BnoUE_A8HOWKsXNFwYvaiJjxToXSq6pYcfH4L-krJSWFPD-gLTdPf1R9xE7aoeN-_Hy7BnmgO9LtgBCAavC3aAT3sRoaplXe4Jxk4KcS3OamjQqK37nR0H3AW9MKFVQZaESyzWDzyrh9-zAveMhyg7Pwrf2PVRC_NVB9who4DKiu2x4w-qS9h0_TRcIsa8i7taFLNn3uRnvBXcyZED7CuE3hWLOKJRvH8PRslj5ZwVqdfDbfEYzbAKO_Abcu0TGiSQOS6nMco7sLYZ0Sl5rfVpSCkNmPODHPZmAoBPzLFjdZM7XhMXYE4faKg/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eweek.com%2Fsecurity%2Ftaking-a-closer-look-at-mainframe-security > > What zero-day vulnerabilities would there be? I’ve not heard of unpatched > security holes in Z/OS before. > > Unless you are not properly managing your data, that is, limit access to > confidential information, how would someone get it? Aside from of course, > phishing and other attacks aimed at the users and not the machine itself. > > > > Regards, > Eric Verwijs > > Programmer-analyste, RPC, SV et solutions de paiement - Direction générale > de l'innovation, information et technologie > Emploi et Développement social Canada / Gouvernement du Canada > [email protected] > Téléphone 819-654-0934 > Télécopieur 819-654-1009 > > Programmer Analyst, CPP, OAS, and Payment Solutions - Innovation, > Information and Technology Branch > Employment and Social Development Canada / Government of Canada > [email protected] > Telephone 819-654-0934 > Facsimile 819-654-1009 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
