On Friday, 02/10/2006 at 11:39 CST, Marcy Cortes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tend to agree with Rich.  No one here gets an ID on a VM IFL system
> except the systems programmers.  We all have privileges anyway and know
> how to use them :)

But it's not about the systems programmers - it's about what happens when
someone breaks into your class G guest.  For a sandbox, "shields down" is
fine, but for production environments, I'm not quite so ready to agree.

<tantalizing_tidbit>
We've got some really neat-o keen stuff coming down the pike that I think
will satisfy both sides of the discussion, providing ease of use for the
sysprog while still maintaing an ACL (access control list) philosophy
adored by us totalitarian security weasels.
</tantalizing_tidbit>

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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