LOL, Steevo? Read this WHOLE thing, end-to-end, you will laugh most likely (AND, I have a question for you in my p.s.):
Client access express is my friend. Or the good old I-O terminals. We still have two.
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IBM ClientAccess 400 - I remember it well, with RUMBA!
As/400 (OS/400 terminal emulators) - I've done QUITE A BIT of "Cross-Platform" programming to IBM midranges & that was the DLL toolset I used (the function calls present in their libs in RUMBA application mostly, after I "hacked my way" thru their DLL function calls using notepad.exe & GUESSING on the data types to pass to their functions (had to in those days, they were not published publicly AND, you had to spend a LOT more on the SDK put out for them too if you wanted to save time, but not money))
I also had setup & used ClientAccess @ other places too, but RUMBA was what I used mostly for development.
It's too bad imo though, that Wyse WinTerms are coming in largely lately, to do the SAME thing: Constrict users, & also make a networkers job TOO easy.
Heck - IMO? You're better off using PC's you own already & Windows Terminal Server (RDP based), or better yet Citrix WinFrame/MetaFrame stuff (lighter, faster, & generally more capable protocol, in some/most circumstances vs. RDP).
Too fun to use when you have secusr authourity though. Hospitals and many high security facilitys use them. The only bummer is when you try to explain to the IT guy at a hospital that peeps are installing shareware proggys that could contain keyloggers, and no system is immune to a dumb user-IT department. SSN's, CCN's, DL numbers, etc.... And all he does is blush and start huffing like a idiot.
Yea, well... last place I worked? Our "CTO" was the dork!
E.G.-> I kept showing up this F'd up randomly named process in memory... I kept my mouth shut for a bit, I figured they were "shadowing me"...
Well, it was a keylogger, & on my system since day #1 no less (I got my machine "presetup for me" I did not see it be done, nor was I part of its setup process watching it & Usually? I DEMAND THAT!)
Anyhow, and I certainly did NOT put it there, & brought it to everyone's attention no less, starting with the junior net admin, who started same week I did (maybe week later).
Turns out, This "big shot CTO" (dunce) "preferred antivirus" solution, Trend Micro was crappy & setup bad!
LOL, & how it was setup was WRONG was crap! Read on (Should amuse you):
I.E.-> It wasn't updating (& was MONTHS out of date)...
Now, when I pointed this out to his junior net admin & we found that out?
LOL, Mr. "CTO" looked like shit & a liar...
Mainly, because in a meeting of the ENTIRE dept. he outright lied & b.s.'d telling us "TREND IS THE BEST", before I figured out that TREND as he set it up? Was NOT working & not updating clients!
I then said in front of everyone there, "CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR DATA ON THIS?"
He was unable to, like usual... He said "Oh I can't remember where I saw it"
(More like he was given some "kickback" to buy it, & YOU KNOW AND I KNOW, it happens all the time with "crooked" or blatantly STUPID managers, & many are)
I said "Gee, year in & year out, on ALL THE TESTS I HAVE SEEN EVER? Norton, AVG, & AntiVir always come out 1/2/3 a CLOSE respectively"...
(Trend was not even in the SAME LEAGUE in the tests we all see in the traderags, but, it is cheaper typically iirc... WELL, you do get what you pay for!)
LOL!
And, certainly NOT if it was NOT updating properly as the "CTO" moron I refer to had set it up... lol, we PROMPTLY went AVG afterwards...
(Gee, wonder why? Thought TREND WAS THE BEST from Mr. "I am always right" CTO w/ little professional experience (imo @ least, less than 10 years worth for SURE))
He is the type of guy that asks other for solutions & cannot do them himself... this? It often backfires, I have seen it SO many times over the years in my career, it's NOT funny!
So much for that!
That dumbass left us ALL exposed due to his stupidity and doubtless kickback for purchase oriented greed.
Funniest part is? I will be dealing with him again soon, on a professional note, & WILL SMOKE HIM ON THIS POINT SPECIFICALLY!
(Dude, don't get me wrong, But... I love running circles around a-holes who need it & this guy? NEEDS IT, & he is no longer my "superior" (never was in this field on ANY level) & I don't have to 'kow tow' to his b.s. anymore)
Man, I can't wait... time to scorch him, good...
(Ordinarily? I am NOT like that believe me - it's NOT my nature, I'll avoid fights & hassles @ most ANY cost & especially with the unreasonable & inflexible types, especially those that talk a good game but produce NO backing data!)
They piss me off!
LOL, but this fool?? He was downright amazing:
E.G.-> He would come over to us coders, call us stupid & such, right in public...
One day, I told him he was full of shit & all the other coders just laffed!
(Especially one he started an argument with & was WAY wrong to top it off, I just listened on THAT one, & told them to quit arguing near my desk (could not concentrate))
However, later?
He started up w/ me on security issues saying "Oh, you don't know shit. you talk kindergarten stuff, and I know network security etc." Yea, because he has his MSCE... lol, I used to have that (circa NT 3.51 days etc. but no longer work as networker, mostly coder since 1997 onwards)... I guess his cert means he "knows all"...
Another "paper MSCE/CNE" etc. type, having to belittle others with his b.s. title he doesn't merit... I can spot those, 10 miles out, quick.
Anyhow this happened, because I merely pointed out some facts/suggestions to him, & after THAT name calling he gave me?
HELL, I wanted to pop that punk in the nose for it... couldn't though, need the paycheck!
(I merely mentioned how IP filtering works & such & the manner in which IP stacks process requests on Windows & where our company was NOT secured all the way & I told him what could be done, additionally, for this (has to be, it dealt in SSN's & more like healthcare data) on a testbox if needed (using IPSec &/or port filtrations if needed))?
He shut the F up fast, was WAY outta his element!
Then, like usual, as dumbass mgt. is wont to do?
WELL, He said "it would take too much time & money to implement"!
Oh, really?
Maybe about 20-30 minutes on a test box setup (already done one) using netstat -ano & nbtstat etc. to see what we need open ports-wise & what to shutdown.
Tested w/ all our apps too... TOPS?
Maybe 1/2-1 day work, tops, for security. Our rep is based largely on that, & part of WHY I was hired was for security in new apps we built too. He is penny-wise & POUND FOOLISH!
IMO? You get "penetrated" & it comes out in public? You lose customers (do you want your money in a bank with an open to the public vault basically?), You lose shareholders, you lose it all! Bad rep...
Sure, made me an enemy, but that prick needed to be exposed for his crap! You cannot live like a man imo @ least, & NOT make enemies.
APK
P.S.=> Steevo... you wouldn't just so happen to be from Utica, N.Y.area OR near to it, would you? Just curious... Just a hunch/weird premonition of sorts I guess is why I ask... lol! Humor me, let me know via PM if needed... apk
