RE: Remote office connection

I agree about NT's security.  The point I was just trying to make is that I
think another level of security in front of your AS/400 has got to be better
then none.  And with a product like Farabi's "HostFront" I would think
adding that extra layer would be nice.  What do you think?

Lamar Thomas
Lamart@aldon.com <mailto:Lamart@aldon.com> 


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   boothm@ibm.net [mailto:boothm@ibm.net]
                Sent:   Thursday, July 16, 1998 3:41 PM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        RE: Remote office connection

                I am not trying to be a wise acre, but is this really true?
Does the
                AS/400 lack levels of security that are available with NT
and SNA?  

                I ask this because it seems that everyone is assuming that
MS and NT is
                where the real reliabilty is but I haven't seen any facts to
support that
                assumption.   It seems like I hear regular stories about
NT's lack of
                security, holes, and something called a BSOD.  I wonder if
these
                weaknesses in fact will cause more damage than a regular
straight-up
                AS/400 IP address.

                In <018C8A7CB18BD11192EA00609736D9420724E9@NTSERV1>, on
07/16/98 
                   at 01:12 PM, Lamart@aldon.com said:

                >t may slow your connection a little, but what would one be
willing to pay
                >for the extra speed?  SNA would be your connection from the
NT server
                >back to the AS/400, while TCP/IP would be the connection
from the NT
                >server out onto the internet.  SNA would be a little more
security for
                >your AS/400

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