Re: AS/400 access through the internet

Set up either an NT Workstation or NT Server box to do VPN.  NT4WS will do
only one connection, server will support multiple simultaneous.  You can
configure the NT box to accept only PPTP connections from the outside.  Then
the users at home connect over VPN and they're in - with 128 bit encryption.
Cheap and relatively easy.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Willenborg" <dwillenborg@jcrob.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:59 PM
Subject: AS/400 access through the internet


> 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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