Re: VPN access

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a similar situation, we recently set up the SSL.  I think the 
only reason to use the vpn is that we have some remote printers 
configured as local, and the vpn hides that from the AS/400.

Chris Bipes wrote:

> We use 128bit SSL with logon. 
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> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ron hawkins
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:12 PM
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> Subject: VPN access
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> Hi All,
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> We have a software package written in ILE RPG. We use a Seagull product
> to put a GUI over the green screens. 
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> We have about 1,000 users that come into our iSeries through a VPN. I
> was just asked by management if we actually need the VPN. Could we just
> use SSL to allow our customers to run our application? After all, I
> don't need a VPN to access my bank account over the internet. And there
> is a lot of overhead/cost in setting up the VPN connection. 
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> So, my question is, Do we need a VPN to run a secured application using
> 5250 or can we do it with just SSL? Second question is, what is
> everybody else doing?
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