RE: IIS to as/400 odbc

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: SCarter@rsrcorp.com
>
> OK I think I have been severely scolded by now....

I'm not scolding, just pointing out something you might want to consider.

> I think Joe was talking about creating my own server, how would
> we go about
> doing this?

This depends on the amount of work you want to do.  A relatively simple
messaging protocol is not hard to implement, but you will have to write a
database server for each set of related files you wish to expose.  It's not
difficult, but it can be a lot of code.

> I have looked into Scott Klements socket programming site is this what you
> are talking about?
> http://klement.dstorm.net/rpg/socktut/
>
> If so (and I have not looked at the whole thing) how would this be
> different than opening acces to ODBC?

The difference is that you would have your own protocol, so a hacker is less
likely to be able to figure out how to access your data.  Every two-bit
script kiddie on the planet knows how to DELETE FROM TABLE, but they
wouldn't know your particular messaging protocol.  As Leif points out,
though, you may still want to put an encryption algorithm on top of your
messaging protocol.