Re: Informix and trusted host access

obelix.informix.com!johnl@emory.mathcs.emory.edu (Jonathan Leffler) writes: : Dear Reader of comp.databases.informix, : : It has been made abundantly clear to me that I do not understand sufficient : of the problems of secure access from untrusted hosts to be able to comment : usefully on the subject to the net. : : I therefore unreservedly withdraw any comments I have made during the last : month or so explaining the hows and whys of Informix-Net and Informix-Star : operation in such circumstances, and I apologise for wasting people's time. : : I would also like to take this opportunity to remind the net that although : I work for Informix, I do not speak on the net in ANY official capacity -- : the "#include <disclaimer.h>" in my .sig is not there for because I like it : (though I do), but because I have no official capacity when I utter and : therefore my comments do not represent official Informix policy. There are : a number of areas where I do know the answer (or, at any rate, I think I : know AN answer) to the problems; there are also some where I don't. The : team of Informix employees who answer your questions are volunteers who use : their accumulated technical knowledge to help you. As far as I am aware, : none of us work in R&D. : : Yours apologetically, : Jonathan Leffler (johnl@obelix.informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> What Jonathan! You mean you don't know everything! Another illusion lies shattered on the floor of reality. [Please be assured my tongue is firmly embedded in my cheek when I utter the foregoing.] Regards Neil -- Neil S. Briscoe Telephone: +44 252 376737 System Administrator Fax: +44 252 376644 Email: neil@salmon.demon.co.uk nbriscoe@cix.compulink.co.uk