Any article that starts with: Big-hunk heavy-metal equipment made by IBM (Z Series) ... is hard to take seriously.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:33 AM Allan Staller <allan.stal...@hcl.com> wrote: > Agreed! > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Arthur > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: eWEEK Article highlights weaknesses in Mainframe Security > > On 30 Oct 2018 07:59:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > (Message-ID:< > 22f77f8ce1e2084ab5fdb5843a0ba2a191038...@mlem1865.hrdc-drhc.net>) > frederick.verw...@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca (Eric Verwijs) wrote: > > >https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e > >week.com%2Fsecurity%2Ftaking-a-closer-look-at-mainframe-security&da > >ta=02%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7C5ef96afd1d454ecd055208d63ebe358a > >%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C636765384023595472&sd > >ata=brUYMgyrrSwvVmQOv3WjstiiR%2FoHfHaiwUaOgGgenXI%3D&reserved=0 > > > >What zero-day vulnerabilities would there be? I've not heard of > >unpatched security holes in Z/OS before. > > Note that near the top of the article it says: "In this eWEEK Data Point > article, using industry information from Ray Overby, President and CEO of > Key Resources, Inc." It was KRI that supposedly found the zero-day vulns. > > I think this is not so much an article as an ad for KRI. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ::DISCLAIMER:: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain > viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without > referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator > or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this > email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the > views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, > dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or > publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized > representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before > opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and > other defects. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
