Re: Tivoli Management Framework Alert!!!

["Henry Farkas" <hfarkas () us ibm com>]

Duct Tape writes:

> Tivoli requires Rexec (port 512) to run on their
> managed hosts.  When these hosts are connected
> to the Internet, there is a huge risk Tivoli
> will allow full access to all machines in your DMZ.

No.  Tivoli requires rexec during the initial install of the framework
only.  For the brief time it takes to install this (single time operation)
one can disallow Internet connectivity.  What happens is that individuals
who install Tivoli sometimes forget to stop the service once the framework
is installed, and/or forget to re-edit inetd.conf, so... the next time the
system is restarted...  I don't believe this is a Tivoli problem.


-henry

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