Re: AS/400 Access via the Internet

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

We are a small company with no LAN but we do have frame relay. Not to drag you
into explanation, but how does a VPN figure into this ? I.E. do I get a "box" to
do VPN and then it gets to the AS/400 over the IP "network", etc ?

Thanks,

Chuck

Chuck Morehead wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> I echo Bill's comments.  Using a VPN gives your sales staff access to the
> entire network in a secure manner.  I am very wary of not using a
> VPN/Firewall combination for routing to your AS/400.  With a VPN you must
> first be authenticated before you can be routed.  Simply setting up routing
> on a specific port can lead to security holes easily found by hackers with
> port sniffers.
>
> If you go the VPN route, here is a tidbit that I struggled with at one of my
> clients the first time I set up a VPN.  The AS/400 had to have a route set
> up pointing to the VPN appliance even though it was not going to access the
> Internet.  I guess this makes sense logically, because it was communicating
> with PC's accross the Internet.
>
> Chuck
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@iquest.net>
> To: "Midrange-L List" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 4:22 PM
> Subject: AS/400 Access via the Internet
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > We are looking at different ways to access our AS/400 so Sales folks can
> > get needed info. Currently we have a communications server running
> > Synapse software that they dial into.
> >
> > We are getting complaints about slow response and I know that this being
> > caused by old lines, phone switches, etc. in the areas some of these
> > folks live in.
> >
> > Question was asked if it might be faster via the internet (they are
> > looking at cable and DSL at home) and I'm not sure.
> >
> > Any ideas on this ?
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> > Chuck
> >
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