Re: Telnet 5250 with SSL Support

I'm sorry, but I really don't understand your question.

Are you using TN5250 with SSL support over a PPP channel?

Or is your PPP somehow using SSL directly?


Let me explain:

The SSL that is part of the TN5250 emulator runs on top of TCP.  It takes
the TCP data and encrypts it, then sends it over a normal TCP session.
The TCP protocol is a clean 8-bit data channel.  This means that ANY byte
values can be sent over a TCP channel -- it does not matter what they are
-- they'll get received at the other end unchanged.

Consequently, it should not matter whether the data being sent over your
PPP session is SSL encrypted or not.   In either case, it's just a string
of bytes.

But -- if you're trying to run a PPP over SSL session, that is instead
of using a modem to run PPP over, you're actually trying to send your
PPP data over an SSL connection -- thus an encrypted PPPoE scenario --
then this is a different matter, your PPP software may not understand
how to use an SSL channel in this way -- but of course, this has NOTHING
to do with the TN5250 project.

The only other possibility that I can think of is that when you installed
OpenSSL (you are using OpenSSL, right?) that it conflicts somehow with
your PPP software.   Maybe they have shared libraries with the same name?

At any rate, your problem does not make sense to me.   You'll have to
provide more information.

Provide step-by-step instructions telling me how to reproduce the problem,
including the exact names & versions of the software packages you're
installing...    Also, please give the text of the error messages that
you're seeing, including whatever is on the screen before the error.
If possible, use script(1) to record the details exactly as they are.


On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Luis Astray wrote:

> I' have installed SuSE Linux 7.0.
> I've added ssl support over ppp.
> This action causes my ppp connection to end with errors.
>
> Then I've  uninstalled ssl support, and my ppp connection now works fine.
>
> I have another computer with W98 SE installed and Client access
> express with ssl support. With this computer I'm ussualy connecting to
> a coupple of AS/400 servers succefully.
>
> My question.
>
> How can I use the same support as it brings Client access express
> using my linux computer.
>
> Thank's for the answers.
>