Re: Web server with Telnet Functionality?

Well, if you want it for as/400 connectivity, what about IBM Host on Demand?
It will run the emulator as a java applet in your browser.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shea, David" <DShea@arctools.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: Web server with Telnet Functionality?


> Has anyone used a telnet emulator that runs as or on a web server?  I'm
not
> looking for an embedded telnet (port 23) client, but rather a telnet
> connectivity tool that looks and smells to the client like a web page.
Work
> Station Gateway is one example, but that won't work for my purposes
because
> of the rotating port number problem (moving target).  I need something
that
> runs on Port 80 or Port 81.  I want to be able to sit at any Internet
> Explorer session that's connected to the internet and pull up a telnet
> session to my as/400 using only port 80 and HTTP as connectivity.
Basically
> I need some way to get in without port 23.
>
> WSG is a good start, but it requires ports other than 80 to work, and
these
> typically don't survive the trip through a firewall.  Often times, client
> (customer) firewalls block telnet access to the outside world.
>
> Has anyone used iSeries Web Access?  I know that it has a telnet style
> component, but will it work for this purpose?  Does it use flaky ports
like
> WSG?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
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