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  3. February 2005

Re: Storing encrypted passwords on AS400

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:13:37 -0500, Joe Sam Shirah <jshirah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     Also, I don't know your application and so am probbaly missing
> something, but one of the outstanding features of the AS/400 is its
> security.  Rather than go through all this roll your own stuff, why not use
> the built in ID/password mechanism and use the Toolbox/JTOpen password
> validation support for automatic handling?

This would require all the web users to have AS400 userids (as I
understand what you're saying). We want to be able to give them web
access without giving them AS400 access. The AS400s involved are
behind firewalls and DMZs.
-- 
Brett Slocum
<slocum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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