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Re: Running a website on the i

On 11/4/2011 8:51 PM, Jim Franz wrote:
13 years running an i web server (since '99,as400, iSeries, i) to the www
and never taken down, never hacked, while every win server in same network
has at one time or another been compromised. It's a good choice. Your logs
will have lot's of script kiddie attempts (every external ip gets them). Do
keep up with HTTP and security ptf group ptfs. The firewall forwards the
port 80 http traffic to the i and blocks everything else that should not be
coming in.


I'm right with Jim on this. I've had plutabrothers.com on an IBM midrange for over a decade. Firewall forwards port 80, and secure as can be. I get the same script kiddies in my logs, and that's about it.

Joe

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