Re: Internet Security Question

[Neil Palmer <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You would be reasonably safe - I'd do it.
You could still be subject to Denial of Service attacks, but you remove
the real weak points by not running the FTP, Telnet & LPD servers - and you
also won't be running the SNMP, HTTP or WSG servers.


On Wed, 23 Apr 1997 uskan5td@ibmmail.com wrote:

> Looking for opinions: If I turn on SMTP and POP3 services ONLY on an AS400
> with Internet access and no firewall (yet), does this pose a security
> risk? TCPIP ports not needed for these two services are restricted.
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Gumm, Tech Services
> Kansas Dept of Health & Environment
> Topeka, KS
> uskan5td@ibmmail.com
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