Re: Securing port 23 -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Securing port 23
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:54:15 -0700
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Charles Wilt wrote:

I know I sure wouldn't want an system running IBM i on the net
with nothing between it and the net but the built in packet filter.

Better that than an unprotected WinDoze box, given that malware for IBM Midrange systems has never, to my knowledge, successfully made it into the wild, whereas WinDoze malware is as common as cowpats.

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JHHL

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