RE: Remote Access (Again)

I had the same problem but I wasn't able to open any ports on the firewall.
So I wrote a sockets application on the AS/400 which connects to the remote
PC and to a telnet session on the AS/400. Since the connection is outgoing
the firewall doesn't block it. A corresponding program runs on the PC to
listen for the AS/400 and link up to the telnet client.

Obviously, the PC has to have an address that can be reached over the
internet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark A. Manske [SMTP:mmanske@minter-weisman.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 12:07 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Remote Access (Again)
>
> There are many holes with telnet port 23 open to the world,
> basically your whole network will be open to hackers to attack,
> and do as they please -
>
> IF you must do it this way (vpn is better, but still has holes -
> ask any "old" hacker turned security guru)
> I would (if you can do this) use a different port number at the
> client PC's hooked up to the internet (something obscure)
> and then at your firewall, port forward to your AS/400 ONLY,
> thus keeping the rest of your network hidden.
>
> Something else to consider, make sure that ping is turned off,
> IE: someone pings your router/firewall, they get only a time-out,
> that eliminates some of the brute force hacker attacks.
>
> Since it has been 6-8 years since I used Rumba, I do not know if
> you can config the PC app, if you cannot, then just use the
> port forwarding at the firewall - that's better than nothing.
>
> HTH
>
> Mark Manske
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Edward Marczak
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:58 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Remote Access (Again)
>
>
> Thanks to everyone who pointed me in the direction of Greenstreak and
> other
> utilities.  While we may look at a new AS/400 soon, I have to get back to
> getting some people remote access right now.
>
> I need to allow certain people to access our AS/400 using Rumba and
> Arpeggio
> (part of Rumba) over the Internet.  I've done some traces and I've found
> which ports to open on my firewall to make this work.
>
> My real question:  What are the security implications of leaving ports 23
> and 449 open to the world?  If it's too nasty, I guess I'm looking at a
> VPN.
> I'd like to avoid that just for the end-user confusion it causes.
>
> Thanks for any tips on this.
> --
> Ed Marczak
>
>
>
>
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