Re: AS/400 and WINS Name Resolution

[Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>]

I got this in my mail, I've got no time now to check if is
really concerning your problem, but..

3. I didn't think they'd add **THAT** to OS/400 V4R5
networking...but I like
it

- Also overshadowed by the October 3 Mach1 announcement,
IBM released PTF
SF63662, which adds the Network Authentication service to
OS/400 V4R5.
According to IBM's documentation
(http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/info/rzakh.pdf),
"Network authentication service provides APIs to verify the
identity of a
user in a network. Application programs can use these APIs
to authenticate a
user and securely pass on his identity to other services on
the network.
Once a user is known, separate functions are needed to
verify the user's
authorization to use the network resources."

IBM is implementing Network Authentication Services in
OS/400 V4R5 with the
following features:

@ Kerberos Version 5 as defined in RFC 510
@ Generic Security Service (GSS) APIs as defined in RFCs
1509, 1964, and
2078
@ Many of the standard de facto Kerberos protocol APIs

IBM also states that "...The OS/400 implementation is
designed for
interoperability with authentication, delegation, and data
confidentiality
services compliant with these RFCs, such as Microsoft's
Windows 2000
Security Service Provider Interface (SSPI) APIs."

Network authentication uses GSS APIs as the framework for
programmers to
write applications using the Kerberos APIs that: determine
another
application's user identification; delegate access rights
to another
application; and apply security services on a per-message
basis.

For more information on this new functionality, see IBM's
documentation.

> 
> 
> We are running a Windows NT network and have two WINS
> servers (we are not
> running DNS). We also have four AS/400's on our network
> as well. All of our
> client PC's are running "IBM Client Access" for 5250
> sessions to the
> AS/400. I have a user trying to use the "Remote Procedure
> Command" to run a
> command on a PC. They reference the PC by it's Windows
> NetBios name. Of
> course the AS/400 can't find the PC because the AS/400
> doesn't use NetBios.
> 
> Can the AS/400 be configured to reference the WINS
> servers for NetBios Name
> Resolution? Our AS/400 is a model 170 running OS/400
> V4R2. Thanks for your
> help.
> 
> Lamar Thomas
> 


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