To build better security
Mike Smith asked how to restrict Informix user connections to certain IP addresses, as in MySQL. Madison Pruet asked whether PAM support in 9.4 could do this. Andrew Hamm said it is a networking matter and suggested iptables on Linux rather than application-level security. Neil Truby joked about PAM. No definitive answer.
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Shouldn't PAM support this (9.4)??? "Mike Smith" <idsquiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ccn39u$5ea$1@news.xmission.com... > > --0-1981405491-1089408231=:10858 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello Informix Gurus, > > Does any one know of any tool, software or a method that I can use to secure my > > Informix user connectios only from certain IP addresses, just like in MySql database ? > > Thanks. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > --0-1981405491-1089408231=:10858 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > > <DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> > <DIV> > <DIV>Hello Informix Gurus,</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Does any one know of any tool, software or a method that I can use to secure my</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Informix user connectios only from certain IP addresses, just like in MySql database ?</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Thanks.</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV></DIV> > <P> > <HR SIZE=1> > Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/new/*http://promotions.yahoo.c om/new_mail">Check it out!</A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p> > <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> > <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/100/*http://promotions.yahoo.c om/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved Yahoo! Mail</a> - 100MB free storage! > --0-1981405491-1089408231=:10858-- > sending to informix-list
Mike Smith wrote: > > Does any one know of any tool, software or a method that I can use to > secure my > > Informix user connectios only from certain IP addresses, just like in > MySql database ? iptables if using Linux. This is really a networking issue and shouldn't be addressed in applications. What's better - security controlled in one place with one code set, or security implemented 50 times, each time in a different way. Although it's a noble thing for MySql to do this, I think it's ultimately the wrong way to do it.
"Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote in message news:h9FHc.42018$JR4.38013@attbi_s54... > Shouldn't PAM support this (9.4)??? > > > "Mike Smith" <idsquiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:ccn39u$5ea$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > --0-1981405491-1089408231=:10858 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Hello Informix Gurus, > > > > Does any one know of any tool, software or a method that I can use to > secure my > > > > Informix user connectios only from certain IP addresses, just like in > MySql database ? Make a date with PAM. She's a nice girl .....!