On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:20:27 GMT, Charles Leader posted:
 
[my original note removed -- we're talking about the MINLOGON and MAXLOGON
jobs supplied by VESOFT]
 
: Well maybe you personally removed them, but somebody apparently
: *personally* put them back. I see references to it in both 2.4 and
: 2.5 of the Vesoft manual. Yes, the procedure exits will allow a
: change of the syntax of the hello command, actually eliminating
: the need for hello if you wish. The PE's will work on iX 4.0 or
: later.
: Charles Leader
 
[hmmmm, searching through memory...parity errors encountered...]
 
He's right.  What I was actually told to do (and did) was to add a
disclaimer that "HP sometimes changes these messages and/or adds new
logon error messages...".  If VESOFT is now keeping the job up-to-date
for each new release of MPE, that's great!  But, if you are counting
on MINLOGON, you'd be well-advised to examine CATALOG.PUB.SYS
carefully after you stream it, and try out various types of invalid
logons yourself.  Maintenance of this particular job is *not* a very
high priority at VESOFT.
 
Nothing against Security/3000.  Just information relating to the
current discussion.  I still believe the Procedure Exits are your
best bet for removing MPE's "here, let me help you break in" facility.
 
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