RE: PC connection tool

[Chris Bipes <rpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

try VPN.  The client logs on, (from any PC), to your VPN server with a user
id and password.  This does not fit the requirement of being licensed to ONE
PC with a password but does control access to your AS400.  The PC client is
connected via SSL so all the data is encrypted.  We use MochaSoft for our
remote access.  A site license was $250.00 for unlimited number of clients.
We use this within our VPN to access our AS400 that is not on the Internet.
The VPN server was a couple of Gs but not real expensive.  The VPN client is
free from M$ as an upgrade to the Dial up Networking, DUN.  This is also
some software that has to be distributed to connect to the VPN server.  I
believe that the PC network name is added to the VPN server to control what
PCs can access the VPN server.

Christopher K. Bipes     mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst   mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.         http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive    Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park CA  94928 Fax: 707 586-1884

If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000


-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Capwell [mailto:wayne@redoaktech.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:40 AM
To: midrange
Subject: PC connection tool


Hello all,

Does anyone know of a PC software utility that sits on the client and
allows a secure connection to the AS/400 over the Internet?  It should
have some sort of security key so the utility cannot be moved to another
PC, and require a password to allow its use.  I have a client that wants
to allow its customers to have access to his AS/400 but doesn't want to
open up the IP address to just anyone sniffing around.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Wayne


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Red Oak Technologies, Inc.
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