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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On
> Behalf Of John Mattson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:58 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: Need new 3270 emulator: SSH, inexpensive, reliable
> 
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>         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" <gib...@wsu.edu>
> > 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
> 
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