Re: Back Doors (was: EXCP with a DEB)

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The presence of bank vaults in the world means that there must also be
locksmiths in it who can open them, and I suppose that there is a similar
rationale for the skills needed to breach z/OS, but this is a public forum
in which I for one do not think we should facilitate such operations by
unknown people.

Certainly any system is breachable by:

o Brute force attack on a password.
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A properly customised RACF (or similar) in z/OS certainly makes a brute force attack on a password futile. 3 guesses and you're revoked doesn't get you system access.

John

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