Re: AS/400 on the internet

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:46 PM 6/30/99 -0400, you wrote:

I am running the AS/400 firewall product in an FSIOP (or whatever the hell 
they are calling it this week) on the AS/400.

Al


>Al, I am not trying to be nagging, but I want to be sure I am hearing what
>I think I am hearing.
>
>You (and others here) have an AS/400 directly on the internet.  No
>intermediate NT box for additional security, no *nix box in between, just
>an AS/400 with a valid and reachable IP number?
>
>All comments have been upbeat and positive.  Is there no story, rumor, or
>legend relating to AS/400 vulnerabilty or catastrophe?
>
>
>
>In <4.2.0.58.19990630191318.009d4100@pop4.ibm.net>, on 06/30/99
>    at 07:15 PM, "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net> said:
>
>
> >Yes, it's working.  It took longer to implement than we anticipated, but
> >it  was a big paradigm shift for us.  Once we got it up with the bugs
> >ironed  out, everything stays up nice and stable.  Essentially, we have
> >had no  unplanned in the last year and a half.  Don't know why anyone
> >would want to  do it differently!
>
> >Al
>
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