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> Truth is, these things are so much more stable and secure that most projects running on large hardware (think Oracle anything) would end up saving money by ru
by Chaebixi 9y ago
> Truth is, these things are so much more stable and secure that most projects running on large hardware (think Oracle anything) would end up saving money by running on a mainframe.
Stable, maybe, but probably not secure. The software stack on these was designed well before anyone had any real interest in network security. I saw a youtube by a security researcher who took a look at one and found all kinds of inadvisable stuff. He also said there were very few people looking at these from a security perspective.
- youdontknowtho 9y agoI saw the same presentation. You're right, they could use a penetration team in the release development cycle. I was referring to the access control model that's built in to Mainframes. They were pioneers of mandatory access control's and fine grained security. Having fewer people working on them is a definite issue, though, when it comes to the kinds of exposures that Mainframe integration to a corporate environment entail.