AS/400 access through the internet

[dwillenborg@xxxxxxxxx (Dave Willenborg)]

Greetings

I have installed Client Access Express on company PCs so the users can
sign on to the AS/400 through internet access. Everything  works fine. I
had the Network Administrator open only 6 ports on our firewall to allow
the access. This was done with the help of the IBM Support line.

Now the Network Administrator wants to close the ports because it is too
dangerous to have them open. Someone with a sniffer could detect User-id
and passwords.

I suggested that we upgrade to SSL but that idea was not received with a
lot of acceptance.

I would appreciate any suggestions on ways to make the connection secure. 

Dave Willenborg
MIS Manager
J. C. Robinson Seed Co
dwillenborg@jcrob.com

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