Re: iSeries vs IIS web site

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: John Jones
> Placing a database in the DMZ is a direct violation of PCI DSS 1.3.7.


More specifically PCI DDS 1.3.7 states:

"Place system components that store cardholder data (such as a database) in an 
internal network zone, segregated from the DMZ and other untrusted networks."

By definition, a DMZ is an untrusted network, so why place ANY server, including 
a Web server, or an application server, let alone a database server in a DMZ? 
Set up a network with multiple private network segments (zones), separated by 
firewall routers and place your IBM i server in a secure network zone.

John, the problem I'm having with your posts is that they imply that if you open 
up an HTTP service under IBM i, then it violates PCI and other best practices, 
and may be less secure than front-ending an IBM i with a commodity web server 
running in a separate network segment. I disagree with that, but if you feel so 
strongly about it, I'd suggest that the commodity web server run Apache as a 
reverse proxy and simply forward Web requests to an IBM i HTTP service.

-Nathan