Re: Running a website on the i

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Usualy the box running the web server has access to the i, so getting in 
that box gives the hacker the access to all your business information. 
And, unless you a re a real expert in security, it is easier to secure 
an i than to "harden" a Linux or windows box.
In short: putting your server in the i will make it harder for a hacker 
to get to you business.

Alan Campin wrote:

> But doesn't this open your i to hacking? If someone gets into your web
> server on a stand alone box they only have access to the box but if it is
> running on your i, they have access to all your business information or am
> I missing something?
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hello Kurt,
> >
> > that is not really an issue. Zend (PHP/MySQL) is available from IBM even
> > as community so you should be able to copy the wiki php programs
> > and the MySQL database with low hazzle.
> >
> > I ran several wikis or other PHP based projects on several i machines,
> > but - to be honest - if ist only a small hosting, a simple linux box
> > will do the job, too. (and more stable than a windows box).
> >
> > To host this on an i is good when you can combine this with native i data.
> >
> > Holger
> > RZKH - IBM i hosting
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
> > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 3:24 PM
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' (midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
> > Subject: Running a website on the i
> >
> > Can anyone provide any helpful links for going about this?
> > I searched a bit online and unfortunately wasn't using the right keywords
> > or something.
> >
> > We currently have our wiki running on a Windows Server and boy is it
> > annoying when it's rebooting.  I want to suggest having it run on a server
> > that will never go down, but would like some documentation to provide.
> >
> > That said, what kind of IBM i overhead is there with a webpage?  At the
> > moment it'd only be a wiki, and only accessible internally, which is less
> > than 50 employees.
> >
> > We're on a Power 7, 7.1.
> >
> >
> >
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