Re: AS400 access via the Web

[Sean Porterfield <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Willenborg wrote:

> I am looking for a 5250 emulation package that I can install on our AS/400
> webserver, add a login section to the AS/400 on our website and run 5250
> emulation without downloading anything to the employee's personal
> computer. This emulation package must be able secure as we are using SSL
> also.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this type of package or suggestions
> for a package?

We use Strategi from http://www.businesslink.com/

It handles the encryption, adds an extra user/passphrase authentication
before providing a signon screen, handles file transfers to specific
users, printer output to the users (as html, haven't tried remote
printing).

It does its job well.  I haven't seen any load on the 400 from users on
Strategi.

It runs as a Java applet in a browser, so there is no software to
download and install.  It doesn't seem to work well on Linux or on
Netscape 6.0 on Windows (but then NS 6.0 isn't so great...)
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