RE: SSL FTP question

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK. We've got the ball rolling to talk to the target machine's folks. This
will get the client out of the middle of the discussion.  :-))

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:36 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: SSL FTP question

Hi Paul,

The error message you're receiving is stating that your FTP client on 
your machine doesn't trust the server it's connecting to.

However, the quote you posted (if I'm interpreting it correctly, since I 
don't know exactly who is speaking in the quote) is the opposite: It's 
discussing what's required for the server to trust you.

In short, your current problem is that you don't trust the server. 
That's an error on your side, and you need to tell your application to 
trust the server by installing & trusting the server's CA certificate.


Paul Nelson wrote:
> It makes perfect sense, but the server folks told my client that any
> public certificate could be used.
>
> Her quote:
> "I have asked them for the certificate but they told me I could use
> any public certificate. I am sending the file using a pc FTP
> application and it works. But, I want to send the file directly from
> the iSeries."
>
> I must be missing something here.