You did notice the word "intranet", not "internet", in my post, did you not? VM is definitely behind a firewall that makes us invisible to the outside world. Furthermore, the network that we are on is isolated from our production network. It may well be that there is some zeal in interpreting the rules established for the public networks. In our case, zeal is good. I would rather they overdo security than underdo it.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Woehr > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:44 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: DOS attack details in > > Nick Laflamme wrote: > > The key line there may be, "Internet Facing"; how many > companies put > > their key systems behind NAT'ting firewalls? > Easiest really pretty secure solution: put an OpenBSD > firewall between your Big Iron and the Net. > > -- > Jack J. Woehr # "Self-delusion is > http://www.well.com/~jax # half the battle!" > http://www.softwoehr.com # - Zippy the Pinhead >
