RE: AS/400 and NT security

["Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: AS/400 and NT security

I think a fair thing to say is that it is a good thing that security fixes come out, however it is also bad because that means that there are holes that hackers can exploit, even Unix/Linux has security alerts and patches everyday. But the Unix/Linux community can usually get a patch out within a day or two tops. I believe that Unix and Linux will start to make a bigger rise in the server market since NT/2k seems to be targeted more and more by hackers. It is common knowledge among the Linux community that a properly configured Linux box will have very few security holes if any at all.

[Wills, Michael N. (TC)]  -----Original Message-----
From: Anna Brown [mailto:abrown@as400network.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:09 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: AS/400 and NT security

Hi,

I'm writing an article about AS/400 and NT security. The AS/400 is one of the most secure platforms around, but now that the majority of shops use their AS/400 with an NT box, is that security compromised? Do you think AS/400 users are getting fed up with all the security alerts and fixes coming out of Microsoft? Are users looking for an NT alternative? What could that be?

Please contact me off-line at jmoore@as400network.com by Wednesday, June 6.

Thanks,
Joanna Moore