Re: want to allow easy home access to iSeries

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious:  Without sounding like a wise guy with this question, is 
there something inherently safer in allowing employees to access the 
machine, but not non-employees?

I am asking that badly.  Let me try it this way:  If the box is so 
insecure as to cause fright about connecting it to the Internet, then is 
there inherent risk in the box that is a concern for employee access, too?



On 10/4/2011 12:21 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
> Don't kid yourself about tricking up the telnet port.
>
> It's sniffable in a nanosecond.
>
> J
>
> On 10/4/2011 10:10 AM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> > Why not use Logmein.com ?
> >
> > Set up an internal desktop with just the apps on it that are needed and let them at it.
> >
> > No cost and no open firewall ports.
> >
> > If you decide to open up Telnet, you might want to open up Port 21023 and map to Port 23 or similar so it doesn't sniff like a Telnet port if someone hits the address.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard Schoen
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> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burns, Bryan
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:50 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: want to allow easy home access to iSeries
> >
> > Thanks for the input david.  We do have a VPN and I can use client access and the VPN to get on from home.
> >
> > We have a handful of distributors that need to get on to do forecasting and don't have any network credentials so a VPN isn't something management wants to set up for them.
> >
> > It's hard to tell from the Mochasoft advocates whether they're using a VPN or opening up port 23.
> >
> > Bryan