[PLUG] FW: Re: The lion in Salem

[Erik]

> Mr. Pool,
> 
> "Lion" in Salem is a *Nix box, I think Sun running some varity of
> sendmail.  Lion is owned and maintained by the "NOC", more officially
> known as Department of Administrative Services (DAS) / Information
> Resouce Management Division (IRMD) / NOC.  I've met some of the guys
> responsible for LION.  If I had to hazard a guess, I'd bet that LION
> is well patched, well maintained, carefully watched and properly
> licensed.  
> 
> DAS is the great grand daddy of all State bureaucracy. IRMD's web page
> is here: http://irmd.das.state.or.us/
> 
> Lion is the "front door" for all email services in the State.  I think
> all State email other than maybe ODOT goes through Lion.  The reason
> LION exists as near as I can tell is to keep Windows Wussy
> Administrators from sticking their unpatched Exchange 5.5 email
> servers out on the web and wondering why they get smacked  :>  
> 
> (For the Record, one might refer to me as a Windows Wussy, but I'd
> argue that I'm a fairly successful Windows Network & System
> Administrator.  Besides, If you want to defeat the empire you have to
> know how to hack the deathstar.   )
> 
> Anyhow, hope that helps.
> 
> -EcD 
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