Re: Firewall in AS400

The theory is you run a firewall on same system in a Linux partition that
has dedicated LAN ports (not shared through OS/400).  Not on a dedicated
400/iSeries box.

...Neil





Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@ccs400.com>
Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
2002/04/11 12:40
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Might be OK in a large shop, but small shops can't afford it. Besides
who would spend over $70,000 on an iSeries to run Linux when the exactly
the same benefit can be achieved with a PC costing less then $3,000. Its
only a firewall, doesn't need a vast amount of expensive hardware, just
a fast processor amd plenty of memory.

Syd Nicholson


Wills, Mike N. (TC) wrote:

>I should clarify, that is what I was told at a recent class on the WDT.
They
>suggested a linux firewall partition first, then your web server, then
>another linux firewall, then your database.

>
>
>How does one sell an Iseries , touted as being Internet and Intranet
>friendly without some type of Firewall software?
>Load Linux?
>Is it just me?
>

>
>
>Linux in an LPAR.
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>Does anyone know about Firewall Product in AS400 ?
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Fery Gideon
>AS400 Maniac's