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Perhaps network/PC people simply can't conceive of a server being that secure/robust. Indeed, I know of a network guy who firmly believes that the MF would fail if presented with enough network traffic.
To be fair, the burden of dealing with Windows security has fallen to the
network folks, and, as they say, if you aren't paranoid, then you just don't
understand :-)
Further, it might be prudent to temper our confidence with the knowledge that no security is without holes. And the MF holds the crown jewels of the company and more. Extra layers of security are easy to justify.
But a 'no outbound' position speaks to the fear that folks may catch on that the MF may be the best platform by far and work would start migrating back from the tinker toy farm to the citadel.
Just my $0.02
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Hal, you're right in that no security is without holes. However, RACF,
physical security and staff training and standards can make the MF
security far tighter than anything we've seen on x86 based servers so
far. Emphasis on "SO FAR". I won't say that the MF is "unbreakable",
because as soon as I do, an ingenious idiot will prove me wrong. It
would be very interesting to see a RACF-like product for the X86 world,
but how many so-called "System Administrators" would be able to grasp
the concepts, much less the mechanics?
Rick
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