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RE: Recent bugtraq postings

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Often you pi$$ me off with your comments.  But you are right on here.  It
goes back to the flawed "security by obscurity" concept.  Joe's right,
that the odds of it happening are limited.  But you're right in pointing
out that it could happen.  Frankly, is the rexec service limited to only
iSeries communications attempts?  Could not someone write a PC program to
access that same service?


I apologize for upsetting you, such is never my intent.

No, rexec insecurity is not limited to the iSeries. It is considered insecure on every platform as far as I know. unix-like machines ship with this service off and recommend keeping it that way. These days, rexec like capability is accomplished using ssh which is much more secure. Last I knew, the iSeries did not include ssh. Perhaps it should?

James Rich

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