Re: AS/400 as a web server

[mcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm no expert by any stretch in the area of firewalls but we like what we hear
other people are saying about the CISCO PIX 520...........all flames will be
ignored since I am ignorant.....


Michael Crump
Ball-Foster Glass Container Co.



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At 03:42 PM 03/23/2000 -0600, you wrote:


>Recently I read an article that stated IBM's grow-the-market strategies are
>being reserved for other IBM servers,
>not the AS/400.  We are an AS/400 shop, soon to be implementing a web server
>which I hoped would be an AS/400.  I am
>disappointed and reluctant to use an AS/400 because it doesn't sound like
>it is
>in line with IBM's long term  plans.
I personally think that the AS/400 is a great web server.  The only part of
the AS/400 strategy that fell apart was the notion of the firewall in the
IPCS (or whatever the @#$%) they are calling it this week.

You should get a firewall appliance, or use an NT based firewall.  IBM blew it.

Al




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