Scott Many thanks as you have confirmed everything that I have told our techi people...I think that they need to gain a better understanding of just waht CGIDEV2 is in order to do what needs to be done
Cheers John --- In [email protected], Scott Klement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > However, the implementation needs to fit in with our security policy > > in terms of firewall and so on. Particularly (and my apologies if my > > terminology is poor or incorrect) direct access to our iSeries cannot > > be permitted...access must be via a proxy server and DMZ/SSl > > encryption has been mentioned a lot. > > This isn't related to CGIDEV2. CGIDEV2 doesn't do any communications with > the outside world. Your iSeries has software called an "HTTP server". > This software is what handles the communications with the outside world, > and it's this software (and not CGIDEV2) that needs to be set up in your > DMZ's proxy server, and needs to be handled with SSL encryption. > > The iSeries supports the industry-standard Apache HTTP server. This is the > same server that's currently running about 70% of the web sites on the > Internet. Consequently, there should be no problem setting it up to your > specifications. > > CGIDEV2 is purely a set of subprocedures that you can call from your RPG > program. All it does is help you manipulate the data that the HTTP server > sends you, and help you manipulate the data you want to send back. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Easy400Group/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
