Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Thanks Gerhard, this is another consideration of which I was unaware.
It is certainly significant but I believe that this function would also permit access to live datasets. Hence, the issue is not specific to "ERASE". Regards, Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Accessing DASD areas that have no DSCB (UNCLASSIFIED) On 4/9/2014 10:27 AM, Storr, Lon A CTR USARMY HRC (US) wrote: > Can someone please identify the flaw in my logic? Can a non-authorized > user gain access to these "scratched" areas of DASD? I'd add 4) - many modern control units have diagnostic capability that allows unrestricted hardware access to the drives. If yours do, you'll need physical access controls. I first ran into this when we got our first string of Hitachi 3380s. The C.E. wanted a telephone line so he could service the units remotely; I had to educate management that that would allow uncontrolled access to customer data. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
