Re: Trouble connecting to IDS 11.5 development server using SQuirrel SQL with IDS JDBC driver.

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Poor Clown. > > What don't you understand? > > That following IBM's Informix IDS admin manual's limited description of > Unix security files will screw up your site's security? > > Oh yes, lets put a (+) in the .rhosts file so that anyone can attach as > me, or better yet, put it in the /etc/hosts.equiv file so anyone can > connect as anyone from any machine. > > And to be fair, the Informix manual doesn't say that. Its just > something some moronic DBA who doesn't live in a paranoid world of > sysadmins doesn't grok the dangers of using .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv. > But because its in IBM's Informix manual, it means it must be OK. (Don't > get me started on gun safety analogies here ...) > > I could go on, but this is definitely one horse that you can't beat to > death. I mean hell. Its been 20+ years since Morris launched his worm, > several years in to all of the major data thefts that have been exposed. > > I guess we should be thankful TJX was running Oracle and not Informix. > > Sorry but security should be your first thought when setting up any > environment, or do you like walking down the street with your pants down > around your ankles and a 'bugger me please!' sign attached to your back? > > -G > > > > > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:03:32 +0100 > > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > > CC: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: Trouble connecting to IDS 11.5 development server using > SQuirrel SQL with IDS JDBC driver. > > > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > > > I *can* read > > > > But there is one thing that you absolutely can NOT do. > > > > Which is to ever, EVER shut the fuck up. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Obnoxio The Clown > > > > http://obotheclown.blogspot.com > > > > The following is a disclaimer and a protest at the collection, retention > > and sharing of my personal mail by the morally bankrupt state. > > > > By adding a string of key words, it will guarantee that each and every > > mail that I send will now need to be manually viewed as it is picked up > > by the auto scan software. If every person in the UK does exactly the > > same, then the entire system will quickly become so unmanageable, so > > unwieldy that it will become unworkable. > > > > Key words: bomb, assassinate, president, brown, Osama, Obama, Sarkozy, > > Merkel, government, target, location, rocket, grenade, al-Qaeda, > > Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, UK, America, guns, jets, bombs, > > machine-gun, terrorists, MP's, pigs, troughs, France, Germany, Italy, > > nuclear, Korea. > > > > PPS If you are reading this because you've picked up the above keywords: > > I hope your parents are proud of what you have become. > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rediscover Hotmail': Get e-mail storage that grows with you. Check it > out. > <http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009>; It would be nice to see a post from you with the following sentence: "I fully understand that I don't need to be running the "r" services for Informix trusted connections to work. As such, all my security concerns which are right, don't relate to Informix authentication" It would mean that not only you could read, but also you could understand. ;) Regards. -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...