Our HMC is inside our internal network. If I am not at work, I can access it via our VPN.
Access to the HMC itself is protected by Userid and Passwords defined on the HMC. The IBM provided default userids and passwords are marked as not being eligible for remote access. Thanks Bill Bishop Specialist Security & Mainframe Development & Support Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (502) 570-6143 Tim Hare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 04/04/2007 09:48 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject z9BC HMC - Remote access? On our boxes, the HMC has been on a "private" network, it's not exposed to our LAN - which means I have to go into the data center to do HMC functions of course. I was always wary of having my HMC on a network visible to others - but it seems many are doing it. What makes it secure enough for you? Is it vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack if someone keeps hammering at it? And for those of you using AF/Remote or a similar product with an HMC interface - do you allow people to dial into that product from outside your LAN to do HMC functions? Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
