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Mike Cianciulli
PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2002 10:06 am    Post subject: Password Exit Issue Reply with quote

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I currently have an NT based application that is using a password authentication for access to MQ objects on OS/390. At some point something has gone amok. The password authentication is working fine. Users can even change expired passwords.

The problem I noticed while we were testing data sharing was the authenticated user IS NOT being checked for access to MQ objects. The only ID being checked is the CHININIT userid. This is a problem because the CHININIT basically has access to all objects.

We tried playing with the RESLEVEL profiles but had no luck. We are now thinking the problem may be with the exit itself. Is it possible something in the PC application could cause this type of problem?

In any event, I want to look at the exit but my Assembler is pretty lame. Is there anywhere where I can find some sample code?

Thanks
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PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2002 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Joined: 10 Feb 2002
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Well thats right, there are no check of userid/password in MQSeries on OS/390 up to version 5.2, if it come in version 5.3 ??

You have to write two exits, one for the NT world which will be able to pass the password over to OS/390 world.
And on OS/390 it's the same, write an exit, this must consist of two pieces, one that is unautorized, and one that is autorized.

There is a support pack MS13, which incoperrates the OS/390 side:
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ts/mqseries/txppacs/ms13.html

I've tried the solution, but it might give you a small problem, like allowing people to use FTP, and the they can try a wrong password 4 times and the user will be rewoked... If some mrs. BlackHat knows your userid nameing convention, mrs. BlackHat will be able to revoke your site nice and easy (offcause she also will need the channel_name, Qmgr_name and connection name).

What I did was created a table with channelname and userid, so i could control which user was allowed to use which channel, and first after this verification, request a password check.... This gives mrs. BlackHat hard times....
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