Well, yeah, I use SSH (soon to be switched over to a dedicated VPN), but
sometimes it is easier to just say Telnet. :)

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikolai Devereaux" <yomama@u...>
To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:32 PM
Subject: [pro_php] Re: OT: I got a reveiw of my network.


> Telnet?  My god!  No wonder you should be using Microsoft based servers!!
>
> I would expect nothing less than secure connections all the time!  SSH,
man!
>
> Here's something interesting that I didn't hear you mention in your "Why
> should we NOT use Windows" rants:  Viruses.  More and more viruses and
worms
> are being written to target Windows machines instead of unix machines.
>
> I've read lots and lots of email about the recent Code Red worm infecting
> TONS of Windows NT and 2000 servers running IIS on the UCSD sysadmin
mailing
> list over the past month or so.  Just this week, I got an email from the
> NetOps security manager saying that well over 50 servers had been infected
> at UCSD.  Do you think that a *nix sysadmin would read about a gaping
> security hole, be given a link and instructions on how to patch it, and
then
> NOT do it?  What the hell are these people doing to earn their money??
> Playing solitaire?
>
> Nik
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@r...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:57 AM
> > To: professional php
> > Subject: [pro_php] Re: OT: I got a reveiw of my network.
> >
> >
> > Well, to clarify the auto part,  the auto insurance rating policy
> > printing,
> > billing, etc. runs on an AS/400.  The application they use, they have
been
> > using since the mid 80's, with version upgrades, of course.  As a
> > matter of
> > fact, this weekend we just finished upgrading to the newest version of
the
> > auto software. The current AS/400 we have is only a year old.
> >
> > All other network services are Linux based (email, web server,
> > file serving,
> > etc.)
> >
> > The mentioning of using MS for the servers I think stems from the fact
the
> > IT department is so small.  They probably view Windows servers as
> > easier to
> > manage than Linux servers, hence better for smaller TI shops.
> >
> > Whatever.  One word for them... Telnet... sure helps to look into
problems
> > when you are at home instead of having to come into the office.
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > http://www.rutgersinsurance.com