Re: TN5250 *through* a firewall?

[Vincent LeVeque <vleveque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think telnet 5250 is "natively" supported by Firewall-1.  If it uses
the same port and protocol (TCP vs. UDP) as regular telnet, there should be
no problem.  Otherwise Firewall-1 lets you configure custom services fairly
easily.  This flexibility is one of the strengths (and great temptations) of
Firewall-1.

No client or browser configuration is necessary - Socks is not involved.  

Firewall-1's controls use "stateful inspection" - basiocally a high-powered
packet filter (like a router) except they maintain "memory" of the state of
a connection & can inspect the contents of a packet.  It is fast & pretty
much invisible to the end user.

- VL




At 06:22 PM 4/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I think I should clarify something... I want to get to an AS/400 that's
>behind a firewall (FIREWALL-1)... I telnet to the appropriate address and
>the firewall asks for a user id & password, then it let's me through to the
>as400.
>
>david
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