RE: [e-com-sec] e mail viruses

It depends on how Red Hat ships their product. Some distributions lock down
the box "out of the box," others leave security wide open and then let you
lock it down. I know Caldera is locked down "out of the box." I would guess
if IBM distributes it, they will make sure that it is locked down also.


Speaking of Linux on the iSeries, I was at an IBM class last week for the
WDT. They talked about security and a good example for the use of Linux.
Create 5 partitions 2 for Linux, and three OS/400. The layout would look
something like this:

OS400           | Linux         | OS400         | OS400         | Linux
Core programs   | Firewall      | Webservers    | Webservers    | Firewall
Core DB |               | Application   | Application   |
                |               |    Servers    |    Servers    |
                |               | --------- Load Balanced --------------|
NIC to OS400                                                      NIC to
Linux
Internal Network
Internet Connection

Seems like a cool idea. It would eliminate a couple different ways for
hackers to hit the core system since it is all one machine.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Jensen [mailto:brad@elstore.com]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 2:43 PM
To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [e-com-sec] e mail viruses




"Wills, Mike N. (TC)" wrote:
>
> I was talking about viruses... not hacking. There are few viruses that
> affect the *nix platform. Yes there are many holes that Crackers (NOTE:
> Hackers just find the holes and get them fixed. Crackers exploits the hole
> to do damage.) like to take advantage of, but that wasn't the scope of the
> thread.

As soon as you suggested that people use Linux, it became the
point for me.

I wonder if the same problems exist on the IBM port. I think we
were using Red Hat on the PC.

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