Re: Remote Access (Again)

I agree.  Saying <Internet> --- (23)Anything is more accurate

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@MartinVT.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: Remote Access (Again)


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> "**BAD Solution**
> <Internet> ---> (23)iSeries"
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> Please, lets not make these generic statements.  The iSeries machine is
just
> great as a internet server.  It serves webpages, does all sorts of good
> things.   In this discussion though you are relegating the AS/400 to
> back-office duty.
>
> In the back-office role the rules are a great deal different and have
> nothing to do with the platform.  Whether the  Company's books are kept
with
> Quicken on a PC or on a Mainframe in a bunkered silo, security is a
business
> issue, not a platform issue.
>
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> Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
> Booth@MartinVT.com
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:46:00 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Remote Access (Again)
>
> > last time I discussed with security people,
> > a sniffer just hanging on the internet can only
> > sniff traffic there
>
> So if your iSeries is on the internet (port 23 or any port for that
matter)
> then the sniffer could sniff it. Internal network with no direct internet
> access, no. Access to internet, fair game.
>
> Turning ICMP off is the first step in effective security (no ping
> responses).
>
> Long and the short of it is that any open port from any type of system
open
> to the internet is a vulnerability and needs to be weighed against risk
and
> potential damage. A firewall is a good step. An intermediary server is
> even better - running some sort of terminal emulator which is web/java
> based.
>
> **Good Solution**
> <Internet> ---> (443)Firewall(443) ---> (443)Intermediary(23) --->
> (23)iSeries
>
> **BAD Solution**
> <Internet> ---> (23)iSeries
>
> jch
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