Re: sms and adsm over firewalls

[Antonomasia <ant () notatla demon co uk>]

Matthew_S_Cramer () armstrong 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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