RE: Socks server port

[Marc Rauzier <mrauzier@xxxxxxx>]

Le mer. 18 mai 2005 18:37:13, Elvis Budimlic écrivait:

> iSeries client has the PORT keyword, FTP PORT(...).  So you can
> specify port other than 21.  Also, even when inside the client and
> using OPEN, you can specify the port again.

That would override the classical 21 FTP port not the 8090 of the socks 
server.

> I don't know enough about your socks server to tell you if it'll
> allow for that or not.  
> 
> Elvis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Rauzier
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:29 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Socks server port
> 
> Le mer. 18 mai 2005 14:44:02, Elvis Budimlic écrivait:
> 
>> NESTAT *CNN
>> F14
>> 
>> will give you the port numbers.  
>> 
>> However, I am a bit confused about your setup.  Your socks server
>> is running on the iSeries?  Then its port number should show in
>> the WRKSRVTBLE and could be changed. No?
>> 
> 
> Alas, no and this is the point. The socks server is *not* running
> on the iSeries. It is running somewhere on the intranet network to
> allow the FTP traffic from the iSeries to go out on the internet
> network. 
> 
> The FTP server on the internet server is listening on the
> classical port (21). But the iSeries when running the FTP client
> session, can only reach this FTP server by using the socks server
> that is listening on the 8090 port.
> 
> I have aleardy used this kind of setup (for a telnet session, but
> it is the same), and I know that when accessing to a server thru a
> socks server, the OS400 uses the standard socks server port which
> is 1080. So, my question is : is it possible to replace 1080 by
> 8090 and if yes, where can I do it ?
> 
> WRKSRVTBLE is used for servers that runs on the iSeries and even
> if it was not the case, I do not find any entry for any socks
> service. 
> 
> 
>> Elvis
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc
>> Rauzier Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:38 AM
>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>> Subject: RE: Socks server port
>> 
>> Le mar. 17 mai 2005 18:05:01, Wilt, Charles écrivait:
>> 
>>> WRKSRVTBLE ??
>>> 
>> 
>> Thank you Charles.
>> 
>> Well, I was sure not to write down this question in a fine
>> english 
>> :-) 
>> 
>> In my case, the AS400 is not the server, it is the client. It
>> runs an FTP session to a FTP server thru a socks server (the
>> socks server can only be configured with iSeries Navigator by
>> right-clicking Properties on the TCP/IP configuration in the
>> Network panel and filling the right informations in the SOCKS
>> tab). The WRKSRVTBLE would help me if the AS400 have been FTP
>> server which is not the case. 
>> 
>> 
>>> Charles Wilt
>>> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
>>> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
>>> ph: 513-573-4343
>>> fax: 513-398-1121
>>>  
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc
>>>> Rauzier Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:31 AM
>>>> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Socks server port
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hello everybody
>>>> 
>>>> When configuring the socks client on an AS400 for a socks 
>>>> server (I want to 
>>>> run FTP thru a socks server from the AS400), I do not see a 
>>>> way to change 
>>>> the port on which the socks server listens.
>>>> 
>>>> Does someone know if it is possible (changing from 1080 which 
>>>> is, I guess, 
>>>> the default and used value to, let's say 8090) and, if yes, how
>>>> ? 
>>>> 
>>>> Note : OS400 V4R5
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 



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Marc Rauzier

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