Re: Secure FTP gets with a v5r1 iSeries

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

There are two forms of secure FTP: FTP that uses SSL and Secure FTP that is
a part of Secure Shell (SSH). You will need to know what the remote FTP
server is using. Secure Shell is a UNIX implementation, but there are
implementations on other platforms. SSL FTP is implemented on Windows and
other platforms. They are different in how they work.

SSL FTP is supported in the AS/400 FTP server in V5R1. It will be supported
in the FTP client in V5R2. In both cases you use DCM to manage certificates.
DCM has its own certificate store so you may not need to go to Verisign for
a certificate. Discuss this with the remote FTP server administrator.

Secure Shell is not presently implemented on the AS/400. Some people I know
are predicting it will be soon. In the mean time you can use a UNIX or Linux
platform to do this.

Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Westdorp, Tom" <Tom.Westdorp@StationCasinos.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: Secure FTP gets with a v5r1 iSeries


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> I've got a requirement to get small files of hotel reservations from a
> travel agent on an hourly basis using secure ftp to my production iSeries.
> Get's only.
>
> I think we've got all the necessary software in place, the last piece
being
> IBM Digital Certificate Manager awaiting installation.  I just called
> Verisign to see about getting a certificate and am now officially
confused.
> (I may have been unofficially confused before and to ignorant to notice).
>
> Has anybody done something like this?  The files will contain credit card
> numbers and I want them protected.  Verisign says it doesn't secure ftp.
> I've got IBM instructions on how to do this from a Redbook, but it just
says
> "do so now" about the getting the cert stuff.
>
> System's an 820 on v5r1, it's behind a firewall and proxy set up.
>
> TIA for any guidance.
>
> Tom Westdorp
> Station Casinos
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