RE: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

How about setting up a remote desktop connection? That takes out the port 23
piece altogether.

Paul Nelson
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burns, Bryan
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

Thanks for the input david. We do have a VPN and I can use client
access and the VPN to get on from home.

We have a handful of distributors that need to get on to do forecasting
and don't have any network credentials so a VPN isn't something
management wants to set up for them.

It's hard to tell from the Mochasoft advocates whether they're using a
VPN or opening up port 23.

Bryan


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

On 10/4/2011 9:54 AM, Burns, Bryan wrote:

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"?

All you should need to do is open port 23 to the IBM i.

Although I would recommend you *NOT* open port 23 but use a VPN instead.

david