Re: AS/400 as a web server -- MIDRANGE-L

I've had good luck with Wingate proxy software.  It was a bear to get
running the first time, and it only took me about a year to get the vendor
to admit that it doesn't really work that great on a 95 box.  It works
flawlessly on an NT Workstation box, or an NT Server box.  This is a 'little
PC, two NICs' scenario.

I've gotten it to work fine with an AS400, even being able to do all the
Client Access Express features, CODE/400, client/server, etc from the
outside.  SMTP, etc, all OK.  It wasn't easy, though.  Lots of tinkering.
But then most firewalls will be a challenge.

Wingate's in-house support is weak, and they don't know how to even spell
AS400, but the thing works once you figure out how to configure it.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <mcrump@ballfoster.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: AS/400 as a web server


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> >> 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.....
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> >400 people are so anti-PC.
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> Anti-PC?  Naw.  I live and die by them.  Our existing firewall is based on
> a little PC.  It has been unstable, has a few holes, and absolutely
> can't handle VPN.  So we made a mistake.  Not necessarily the
> fault of a PC based firewall.
>
> I personally want a firewall that's supported and integrates into our
> future router environment (CISCO).  I'll probably take a look
> at your ideas but at a starting price of $5,000 the PIX doesn't seem
> to be an expensive solution.
>
> >Purchase a little PC.  Put two NICs in it.  It doesn't even need a
full-time
> >monitor or keyboard.
> >Install OpenBSD.  Its focus is security.  It's free.
> >http://www.openbsd.org/
> >Learn ipf (IP Filter).  Stateful firewall software.  Again, free.
> >http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/
> >Build a deny-by-default ipf ruleset.
> >Bing.
> >
> >It will take time and a lot of reading, but it's an excellent and cheap
> >solution.
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> Michael Crump
> Ball-Foster Glass Container Co.
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