Re: Telnet SSL question

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adam,

> Just to clarify your final statement, is the QIBM_QTV_TELNET_CLIENT
> application only for telnet from another system?

No.  QIBM_QTV_TELNET_CLIENT is the Telnet *CLIENT*.  It's not for 
telnets from another system... it's for telnets *TO* another system via 
the TELNET CL command.


> In other words, does Client Access use this?

No.  Client Access uses the telnet *SERVER*, not the client.  Client 
Access is an example of "telnet from another system".  (Whereas the 
telnet client is for telnetting *to* another system.)


> And no, we wouldn't want to secure telnet from another system, the
> only traffic using this is from other LPARs on the same system and is
> all over the internal VLAN anyway.

As far as I know, LPARs are considered "other systems".  Each one looks 
and feels like a different computer.  I understand what you're saying, 
they're all running on the same physical hardware, you think of them as 
the same computer.

However, software generally does not.  They appear to be completely 
different computers to most (if not all) software.