RE: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net

But it is an AS/400 problem TOO. This problem (no, not unique to the AS/400)
resulted in a denial of service of ALL the apps on his AS/400. In IBM's
view[1] of the world one would have everything centralized on one box, an
AS/400. If that was the case here, this simple tar-pit could have resulted
in the loss (or severe degradation) of the following services until it was
resolved:

1) E-Mail
2) Database
3) Application Server
4) Web Server
5) DNS Server
6) File Serving
7) Green-Screen Interactive
8) ...

My point is, server consolidation, and exposure of "production" boxes of any
kind to the internet, is something that I'm not a great fan of.

-Walden

[1] At least in Rochester's view. Let's not get on an IBM Marketing thread,
please.

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Walden H Leverich III
President
Tech Software
(516)627-3800 x11
WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com
http://www.TechSoftInc.com



-----Original Message-----
From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. [mailto:rbruceh@attglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:33 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net


> And people look at me funny when I say that I would never connect my
> production AS/400 to the net!

and we'll continue to look at you funny!!! <VBG>

actually, this is not a 400 issue, it's a well-defined problem with smtp
servers. Unix, Linux, whatever....

===========================================================
R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"I want to be different, just like everybody else!"
  - Ceili Rain




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