Post #203,201
4/13/05 1:31:49 PM
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Am I nuts here?
I have a fulfillment vendor who's opened up a printer on a public IP address and wants me to print invoices directly to that printer.
I said no, and offered a couple of alternatives including establishing a VPN and zipping up the file in a passworded zip archive. I'm getting a lot of flack, including the expected: "We've been doing it that way for years with other clients and haven't had a problem."
What would you do?
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Steve
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Post #203,202
4/13/05 1:34:35 PM
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What would I do?
Find another vendor.
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Post #203,209
4/13/05 1:50:05 PM
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So would I.
If that decision were up to me.
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Steve
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Post #203,211
4/13/05 1:51:49 PM
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Wow, now that you mention this...
I have a Print queue that is open to 2 IP Addresses on the Internet.
The thing is, the customer wants an lpr queue, to print stuff to it. They on occasion dump 4+GB to the Queue.
I usually have to split the OS/400 printjob about 10 times, it works, but make sure they understand.
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Post #203,220
4/13/05 2:24:20 PM
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same here
We have one label printer that's open to one external IP address. While everything's transmitted in the clear, it's just a bar code item label w/out any sensitive data on it.
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #203,213
4/13/05 1:53:45 PM
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BOFH solution.
Go to an internet cafe and redirect the Library of Congress out their printer. That will solve the problem one way or another.
Jay
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Post #203,215
4/13/05 1:57:33 PM
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love. it.
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Steve
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Post #203,214
4/13/05 1:55:40 PM
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Ugh, quetly have somebody send a work-inapproriate picture
to the printer? Ascii art if need be.
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Post #203,217
4/13/05 2:11:18 PM
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Hard to say
Perhaps if you posted the IP address, I could give a better opinion. :-)
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Post #203,231
4/13/05 3:04:20 PM
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No, they are
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
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Post #203,232
4/13/05 3:28:42 PM
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Ibid.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #203,237
4/13/05 3:45:16 PM
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Vendor is smoking MUCH crack.
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Post #203,264
4/13/05 6:49:10 PM
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All you can do it lay out the risks.
All you can really do is point out the risks to them. If they accept it, even if you don't like it, then make sure they know they are accepting the risks completely and against your recommendations. Then when something goes pear-shaped, you can point to the document and say "you accepted the risks".
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #203,270
4/13/05 7:49:44 PM
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The problem is who the risks are for
With this setup, anyone can forge an invoice anywhere. That can be bad for your reputation.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #203,281
4/13/05 8:57:22 PM
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How is this different from snail mail?
I have a mailing address. Anyone who wants to can send me an invoice at that address. It's up to me to figure out which ones I should actually pay. What's the difference, except that they're paying for the consumables?
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Post #203,507
4/15/05 3:27:33 PM
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Thanks all.
I won, printing the invoices to a file and sending in pgp encrypted email. :)
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Steve
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