Re: Bypassing outgoing firewall restrictions

[Scott Klement <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

This is a strange request. It sounds like the "powers that be" have 
decreed that you aren't allowed to connect out of the network.

As such, is it really a good idea to find a way to work around that?

Having said that... do you have a computer that's accessible to your i5 
that _does_ have the ability to connect to the web?  Maybe a PC on the 
same LAN, where the PC has access to the web, but the i5 does not?

If that's the case, you could install http proxy software on the PC, and 
direct the program on the i5 to use your PC as a proxy.  This would 
bypass the firewall.

But, not sure if it's a good idea.  In my shop, if I decreed that my 
server running IBM i was not to access the web, and someone else in the 
company found a way to defeat that, that person would be looking for a 
new job.

-SK

On 1/31/2012 12:38 AM, Peter Connell wrote:
> Some anal network administrators refuse to allow the i5 to connect to
> simple webservices like geocode, or those that might offer weather or
> exchange rate info etc. They seem to fear that an RPG program can
> somehow allow a virus or hacker in. Anyone know any easy way round
> this?