RE: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

Mochasoft advocates:
What needs to be done on the IBM i and the firewall to allow a Mochasoft
emulator to be used without "opening the IBM i to the entire internet"?
Bryan

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Hopwood
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

A second nod for MochaSoft. We've been using it for 100+ remote
locations without any issues.

Glenn

On 2/18/2011 6:24 AM, Chamara Withanachchi wrote:

Hi,

Have you tried the MochaSoft TN5250 ActiveX version, I guess that will

work

for you

http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250activex.htm


<http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250activex.htm>

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Luke Gerhardt<lgerhardt@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Instead of juggling scores of VPN accounts, I am now tasked with

looking

into setting up our iSeries to allow home access with *minimal*
installation or configuration of the end users' system.

I've tried setting up tn5250j as a Java applet on a web server on the
system, but keep getting a Java error regarding security, at which

point

it leaves me with a gray screen only. I feel like I'm close
there...but...it's just not finishing. That seems like the ideal

method

so far, as it requires only having Java installed and browsing to our
site. I'm just testing in locally right now, and there is no SSL set

up

on that webserver as yet. The error I get is "PKIX path validation
failed". I get it three times and then it blows up and dies. :(

I'm also considering forwarding a port to allow SSL secured telnet

out

of our firewall and having the end users install tn5250j. I don't

like

that we would then be responsible to hand-hold them through

installing

software, but if I can't get the applet method to work, then I need

to

do something.

Installing iSeries Access is not a workable solution for us in this

case.

Thoughts from others who have walked this path before?
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