ADSM-L

Re: ADSM's lack of knowledge of IP addresses

1996-12-02 15:38:49
Subject: Re: ADSM's lack of knowledge of IP addresses
From: Kelly Root <kroot1 AT TUELECTRIC DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 14:38:49 -0600
We are going to start using DHCP also. So I would plead with IBM NOT to
record the IP address. This would cause ALL kinds of problems.



At 07:46 AM 11/27/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Melinda,
>        Given that it's very easy for a client to change their TCPIP address,
>I'm not sure this is going to address your security concerns.
>Additionally, if somebody's using DHCP to assign TCPIP addresses, that
>client's TCPIP can change from time to time.  Why have you found
>password protection to not be sufficient ??
>
>Tim Pittson
>tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com
>
>>----------
>>From:  Melinda Varian[SMTP:MAINT%PUCC.BITNET AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]
>>Sent:  Tuesday, November 26, 1996 11:13 AM
>>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>>Subject:       ADSM's lack of knowledge of IP addresses
>>
>>Twice this week, I've had a user department tell me that they will stop
>>using ADSM because it allows a restore to be done to a machine at an IP
>>address other than the one used when the client was registered.  They
>>feel that password protection is not sufficient, but that the combination
>>of password and IP address would be adequate.
>>
>>I have been pleading for years for ADSM to record the IP address used
>>when the client registers and to report the IP address each time a client
>>connects.
>>
>>To that I now add a plea (optionally) to limit access to a specific IP
>>address for each node.  And, obviously, the administrator would need
>>the ability to change the IP address for a node, as well as to
>>enable/disable the restriction globally and by node.
>>
>>Melinda Varian,
>>Princeton University
>>
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