Never mind, I just checked the RACF-L archive and that thread started today so I haven't seen it in any digest yet.
Based on the OP's initial question and a couple of the other "hide everything" responses on RACF-L, I agree with Phil - it would be pointless to discuss hiding all the information in low-core and other system-wide accessible control blocks at this late stage of OS history. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 4:12 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Marx Zelden - IPLINFO utility I receive the RACF-L digest every day and I see no references to IPLINFO in any of the digests for the last week or ten days. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 3:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Marx Zelden - IPLINFO utility Oops. Wrong list! RACF not IBM-MAIN. From: Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 2:39 PM To: ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Marx Zelden - IPLINFO utility This is a pointless discussion. Protecting this storage will break myriad programs, and adding a subsystem or service to provide controlled access would be a huge undertaking, both for IBM to implement and for customers and ISVs to use. I would predict that even if IBM did it, people would turn it off so they could get work done. (Think early days of Windows UAC-and yes, that got better, but with significant investment in/revamp of Windows, plus it's mostly transparent to programs. Not the same thing, just similar in that folks just turned it off because it was too intrusive.) Put another way: this is arguably a fundamental design flaw in OS/360. At this point, it's not fixable. ...phsiii P.S. There's gotta be a joke about "Marx" Zelden and universal access to low core in there somewhere! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
