Re: Access pc file from RPG program

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

Anything that you can easily put in the PC's hard drive can be easily
copied to other PC.

Mark S. Waterbury wrote:

> The Windows Registry is not just some file that you can simply access,
> via normal file system APIs.
>
> > Chamara Withanachchi wrote:
>
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > In that case can I access pc registry from rpg program? We have few issues with ssl and vpn.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chamara Withanachchi
> > IBM Certified Power System Expert
> > RPG Programmer
> > (owner of www.rpgiv.info)
> >
> > WWW.RPGIV.INFO
> > Mob: +971 50 5698644
> > Tel: +971 6 5595887
> > chamaraw@xxxxxxxxxx
> > www.rpgiv.info
> > i want to be future ready. i want control. i want an i.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:34:31
> > To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Access pc file from RPG program
> >
> >
> > Chamara,
> >
> > That would be extremely insecure.  Any two year old could bypass that
> > "security" (just copy the .ini file to the home PC) Not only that, but 
> > it'd be a major nightmare to set up and administer, because you'd need 
> > to get file sharing or file transfer configured between the PC and the 
> > server -- and all of the necessary security for that.
> >
> > If you want to control which IP addresses a user can sign on from, use a
> > firewall or an exit program.   If you want to authenticate their PC
> > cryptographically, use a VPN or SSL client certificates.
> >
> >
> > Chamara Withanachchi wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Actually my requirement is this, we have clients all over the world
> > > and they are accessing our server to make transactions, some users
> > > accessing our server from their home we want to stop this so we are
> > > giving a exe file which has a validation with ip addresses and this
> > > exe will plant a .ini file in C drive.
> > >
> > > When users are login I want to check this .ini file is in C drive and
> > > its content are correct.
> > >
> > > Please note that All users are having fixed IPs and we have a
> > > database of them. We need dual control that's is the man reason I'm
> > > looking such method.