RE: Secure Shell on the 400

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

James,

You wrote "You may already have a spare box laying around which means you
could implement this for $0."  This, IMHO, is a common misconception.  It's
only true if you count your time at $0 cost.  Most shops don't have that
luxury.

Most people have found the consistent interface of OS/400 allows them to
save time, ie $.  Now if you have time to learn everything about OS/400 and
BSD and Linux, you're pretty lucky and yours is probably the better choice.
I'm still learning about OS/400 though...

jt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James Rich
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:06 PM
> To: Midrange Users list (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Secure Shell on the 400
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Scott Klement wrote:
>
> > You can get the source code there, and port it to OS/400, if
> you're really
> > feeling energetic.  (If you do, please send me a copy!)  This
> would be the
> > best solution :) (and the most work)
> >
> > Failing in that, however, you could possibly run the AIX
> version under the
> > PASE on the AS/400.
> >
> > Failing in that, too, look down at the lower left of the OpenSSH page
> > where it says "Alternatives" and "For Java".  A Java version may run
> > on OS/400 without changes...   I haven't tried it, but it's a place to
> > start :)
>
> While ssh on os/400 would be interesting (as would X11 on os/400) I wonder
> if trying to get ssh to run on it would be any
> better/easier/cheaper/faster/safer than using your favorite *BSD or linux
> installation.  You may already have a spare box laying around which means
> you could implement this for $0.  A heckuva lot easier to maintain since
> there are already companies doing this for you.  Security updates to ssh
> would be no problem to install.  Lots of other good reasons to make things
> easy on yourself.
>
> I guess I'm thinking this, "Use the right system for the right job."  Most
> things networked started out unix, and unix is dang good at it.  OS/400 is
> dang good at database and business stuff.  Windows is dang good at, um,
> I'll think of something...
>
> James Rich
> james@eaerich.com
>
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