Re: sms and adsm over firewalls

Antonomasia (antnotatla.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 18:38:19 +0100

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Matthew_S_Cramerarmstrong.com:

> Using ADSM on an unprotected network is dangerous. From what I understand
> anyone can fire up the client and restore files to an unprotected server as it
> authenticates using just the IP address and maybe a weak password. I don't
> allow ADSM across my firewall.

I was reading an IBM redbook on ADSM the other day. It had a short section
on authentication which said absolutely nothing to make me understand what
it actually does. Anyway, having worked with it a little and never having
seen any authentication config details, I'd go with the above assessment.

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