Re: any update to II12227? (ports required for iseries access for windows) -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: any update to II12227? (ports required for iseries access for windows)
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:41:28 -0700 (MST)
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Sean Porterfield wrote:

My firewall log showed dropped packets to port 9475, remote command. Enabling that port made the connections work again. (Though clicking OK on the error and waiting ever so patiently also worked as did using tn5250 instead of iseries access for windows.)

Which happens because tn5250 only uses one port: 23 for telnet or 992 for telnet over SSL. For security minded folk, tn5250 is a better solution since it requires fewer ports to be open. Fewer open ports means less chance for something to go wrong.

James Rich

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