I agree with Fabian, the issue is the Powerbuilder & Informix side it will probably be using telnet protocol (RFC854) http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc854.html which differs from ssh protocol (RFC4542) http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4252.txt (Just to give you 2 sites for RFCs :) )
Tunneling is your best bet as neither client nor server end *needs* to be aware that anything is different. Tricia On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Fabian Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10-06-21 10:57 PM, Peter Silva wrote: >> You need to install an sshd server on the solaris box[..] > > SSH won't be a drop in replacement. It will accept connections on a > different port, with different prompts, etc. If the current client > relies on having the exact same prompts, for example, you'll need to > work around that. > > You could setup exactly what Peter suggests, but use it to tunnel the > existing telnet connection, essentially securing the existing link. > Using tunneling you'd still want/need to change IP/host, ports etc. > > If you can't touch the host environment such tunnel can be setup on a > gateway system or even on a cheap router (depending on how > secure/reliable you'd want that to be). > > Fabian > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- ___..___........_._......__ ...|.....|__/...|...|.......|...|__| ...|.....|.....\...|...|__..|...|.....| "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
