Password Pen Test for CICS on AIX

[Jason Brooks <jbrooks () longwood edu>]

Greetings,
        I am working for Longwood University's Information Security 
Department.  We are planning to do some pen-testing on IBM's CICS system on 
AIX for password complexity, length, etc.  I have been googling for a 
password cracker and general information on password storage in 
CICS.  Having found nothing, I thought I would drop a line out to see if 
anyone on pen-test has any insight.  My questions:
        1)  Where does IBM's CICS application store passwords?  What is 
the format?
        2)  Is there a password cracker that can work against CICS, 
especially a password file, if it exists?

Thanks,
Jason Brooks

Jason Brooks
Information Security Technician
IITS
116 - B Coyner
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23901
(434) 395-2796


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