IBM does have a firewall software package available for the AS/400.l
AS/400 is no harder to get into than any other O/S. It has a command
line/UI utility like Admintool for Solaris or SAM for HP.
AS/400's are much harder to tighten due to the tight integration with a
couple of specialized apps that could possibly run off the box.
/m
"Michael Sorbera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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05/03/00 02:54 PM
To: "Carlos Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:
Subject: Re: Does AS/400 need a firewall?
Carlos,
I have an AS/400 running a web site. It's no different than any other web
server except for the OS itself. It needs all the same protection that
you'd give any other OS. I will get slightly on the side that OS/400, IF
configured correctly, is a lot harder to get into than a lot of other
OS's.
But don't be lulled into a sense of "I'm okay" because of that.
If your colleagues still think they don't need a firewall, e-mail me off
list and I'll let your folks talk to me on the phone.
Later,
Michael Sorbera
Webmaster
> Hello,
>
> I have to give semi-anonymous IP remote access to an
> AS/400, and I feel like I need a firewall to protect
> it.
>
> Some people here think that the AS/400 is so secure
> that it doesn't need a firewall, because the remote
> access will be connected to a secondary Ethernet board
> that won't be reachable from the main network.
>
> I wasn't able to find hard evidence to support my
> claim - I couldn't find any AS/400 vulnerability
> report in the Internet.
>
> So I would be glad if someone handed me an incident
> report, or some evidence that the AS/400 is not
> unvulnerable - OR IS IT?
>
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