> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John Mattson > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Need new 3270 emulator: SSH, inexpensive, reliable > > > I am learning this as I go. As I understand it, SSH supports > higher security levels (management wants this) than SSL/TLS. And SSL
I'm not an encryption expert, but I seriously doubt SSH (which has always seemed flakey to me) is more secure than SSL. > requires Certificate authority and such which management does not want > to I do it as my own Certificate Authority (using RACF). I've also succeeded getting a certificate signed by our local M$ AD authority. > pay for. Attachmate website "says" they can do SSH with their > emulator, > so at least someone thinks it is possible. I will be sure not to mention this. We've almost jumped the political hoops to mandate SSL Clients for all Tn3270 connections. All I need now is for someone to throw SSH into the mix :) > ================ > > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:40:28 -0700 > > From: "Gibney, Dave" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Need new 3270 emulator: SSH, inexpensive, reliable > > I don't know (never looked) of any SSH TN3270. I would suggest a VPN > tunnel. > > Why SSH, TLS/SSL is almost trivial to implement these days, and the > are > many SSL TN3280 clients. > > Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State > University > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
