RE: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

["Burns, Bryan" <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mochasoft advocates:
What needs to be done on the IBM i and the firewall to allow a Mochasoft
emulator to be used without "opening the IBM i to the entire internet"?
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Hopwood
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 7:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

A second nod for MochaSoft. We've been using it for 100+ remote 
locations without any issues.

Glenn

On 2/18/2011 6:24 AM, Chamara Withanachchi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried the MochaSoft TN5250 ActiveX version, I guess that will
work
> for you
>
> http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250activex.htm
>
>
> <http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250activex.htm>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Luke Gerhardt<lgerhardt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > Instead of juggling scores of VPN accounts, I am now tasked with
looking
> > into setting up our iSeries to allow home access with *minimal*
> > installation or configuration of the end users' system.
> >
> > I've tried setting up tn5250j as a Java applet on a web server on the
> > system, but keep getting a Java error regarding security, at which
point
> > it leaves me with a gray screen only.  I feel like I'm close
> > there...but...it's just not finishing.  That seems like the ideal
method
> > so far, as it requires only having Java installed and browsing to our
> > site.  I'm just testing in locally right now, and there is no SSL set
up
> > on that webserver as yet.  The error I get is "PKIX path validation
> > failed".  I get it three times and then it blows up and dies.  :(
> >
> > I'm also considering forwarding a port to allow SSL secured telnet
out
> > of our firewall and having the end users install tn5250j.  I don't
like
> > that we would then be responsible to hand-hold them through
installing
> > software, but if I can't get the applet method to work, then I need
to
> > do something.
> >
> > Installing iSeries Access is not a workable solution for us in this
case.
> > Thoughts from others who have walked this path before?
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