Re: Web Server Network Setup Questions

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I need clarity on this. Are you doing webservices through HTTP? Is
this a software package?

On 8/23/06, Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We have a socket client that runs on web server and talks to a socket
> server on the AS400.  All request are passed from the web server to the
> AS400 under application control.  These request are processed and the
> results are returned to the web server, which then formats the data as
> necessary.  This socket client is an API call within the web server
> instance.  We only have to open one port from our web server IP to our
> iSeries through a firewall.  Of course any attempt to submit request
> with out proper formatting will cause the iSeries job to ignore it, if
> our error handling works, or crash and not give any further access to
> the iSeries.
>
> We feel that this is more secure than opening up OBDC or some other
> standard interface to our data and applications.  And I know that others
> disagree with me so lets not start that rant again.
>
> Christopher Bipes