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

On Tuesday 20 November 2001 10:44 am, Walden H. Leverich wrote:

But in fairness, the issue of an open relay is a little different. That is
like giving a public user account away without CPU limits. When the public
user shows up and starts burning CPU, the system will pay the price.

I agree that attaching the iSeries to the internet has a degree of risk.
So, I'd say that each situation should be judged on its own risk/return
basis, right? I'm pretty sure Rochester would agree that you should buy an
extra machine to be your gateway box, and they can help you configure that
puppy. But some people might not have the cash for that but do have a need
for internet access that outweighs the risk.

Your caution is prudent, but I'm hoping (and pretty sure) its not overboard.

> 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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