Behalf
Of Jack J. Woehr
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:25 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Can a JBOSS virus attack infect a mainframe?
On 3/13/2019 8:10 AM, Bill Bishop (TMNA) wrote:
> Information Security is asking Mainframe Management if JBOSS virus attacks
> can infect a
On 3/13/2019 8:10 AM, Bill Bishop (TMNA) wrote:
Information Security is asking Mainframe Management if JBOSS virus attacks can
infect a mainframe.
And if you want to give your Sec guys and gals conniption fits, point
'em to our good friend Bigendian Smalls's website about hacking
The question is a bit broad. If your security and system administration is
sound then problem state programs should not be able to compromise system
security. They can impact the system through DoS or other annoyances but that
applies to all problem state programs not jBOSS specifically.
On 3/13/2019 8:10 AM, Bill Bishop (TMNA) wrote:
Are there ways for a JBOSS call to infect a mainframe?
Any program in USS could conceivably execute malicious code with
whatever privilege the process launching it has.
If so, what would our options be to prevent other than a solid RACF
Information Security is asking Mainframe Management if JBOSS virus attacks can
infect a mainframe.
As usual, it falls to me answer.
Are there ways for a JBOSS call to infect a mainframe?
If so, what would our options be to prevent other than a solid RACF environment?
Thanks
Bill Bishop
