Routers are pretty cheap - you can even take an old PC an use the "Linux Router Project" or widely available "Live CDs" to roll your own that has full functionality, including VPN access.
Some sort of VPN is really what you want if you are concerned about security - simply password-protecting TN3270 TSO or CICS sessions will leave your passwords in the clear as they traverse the internet. An easier alternative, using your existing router, might be to use an SSH tunnel as a "VPN" - 1) *Only* open port 22 inbound on your router, forwarding it into the Linux/Unix box running FLEX. 2) From your internet clients, use an SSH client like Putty to log in, forwarding the TN3270 port through it 3) Then you can point your client emulator to the "localhost"-forwarded port and connect securely through the firewall to your FLEX box. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies On Dec 6, 2007 8:58 AM, Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our old Cisco router does not contain VPN functionality. > > As for changing application names, or, John Chase's suggested CICS > modifications, we want a universal solution above logging in to > applications. > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:48:09 +0200, Binyamin Dissen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Why not activate your routers VPN function? > > > >Or use security by obscurity - change the application names. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
