RE: Internet to AS/400 session

["Draper, Dale" <dale.draper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I forwarded some of your emails to our network guy asking him if he could
configure this for a couple of our offsite people, this was his reply:

"yes.  one big one..  SECURITY.!!!  i would open a hole in the FW to allow
all ipaddresses to that machine.  over the specfic ports... but one may
defeat the firewall by trying to poke arround an possibly gain whron
access..  i have strong feelings against this and whould have to be taken up
with the director."

Are his concerns warranted, or is he being careful out of ignorance?


Dale Draper
Sega Enterprises, Inc. (USA)
Dale.Draper@seu.sega.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Galgano [SMTP:cgalgano@ediconsulting.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 1:19 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Internet to AS/400 session
> 
> Joe:
> You need to talk to your firewall folks.  The firewall must allow inbound
> telnet traffic and route it to the proper port (probably 23) on the
> internal
> IP address of the AS400.  It is really hard to give you any specific
> advice
> without knowing your firewall and configuration.  Good luck.  It IS
> definitely possible.
> CJG
> Carl Galgano
> EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
> 540 Powder Springs Street
> Suite C19
> Marietta, GA  30064
> 770-422-2995
> mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
> http://www.ediconsulting.com
> EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe.Lutterman@wengercorp.com <Joe.Lutterman@wengercorp.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 4:06 PM
> Subject: Internet to AS/400 session
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know how to obtain access to an AS/400 session from an
> internet
> >connection?
> >I also have a firewall between internet and AS/400.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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