Re: IBM IP Addresses / Ports -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: IBM IP Addresses / Ports
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:28:39 -0500
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Wow. That seems awfully Draconian as it defeats the purpose of DNS entirely.

Perhaps a better answer might be to use a machine in a DMZ to access those services, especially since IBM (or anybody else) could change their IP addresses at any time.

On 3/30/2020 7:16 AM, midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

A couple of my customers have put requirements it to lock down
inbound/outbound communications in their firewalls to only known addresses.
I've been asked for a list of IBM IPs and ports that need to be open.

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RE: IBM IP Addresses / Ports , midrangel
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