be nice its a lady
> Hello.
>
> Environment that I administer:
> 840 iSeries
> OS V5R2
> 1 Production and 2 Test partitions
>
> Other:
> Several unix platforms; not much details on OS or hardware.
>
> Situation:
> Currently, ftp requests are allowed to/from iSeries and unix platforms.
> Soon, these "clear text" ftp requests will be "closed" (with network ACL's
> and such).
> The unix users already have access to ssh to encrypt user and password
> info.
>
> Task:
> Use ssh to encrypt iSeries user and password info.
>
> I don't have any experience with the AIX environment (that is currently
> accessible on one of the test partitions) or downloading "freeware" from
> sites like OpenSSH.
>
> Can you help me with this?
>
> Thanks.
> the lady
my reply
First lets look at what ssh does. It runs an encrypted tunnel over IP between a client and a server. If you open an ssh login to a unix box the commands you enter are in clear text on your terminal but cannot be sniffed on in IP network stack. It depends on what you are looking to do. First have a nice long read at [link|http://www.openssh.org/|http://www.openssh.org/] read the FAQ's and Documentation. That will give you a good overview of what and how to use ssh. sftp is ftp over ssh. So you can use a client ssh shell to ftp to the unix boxes. ssh for the iseries is more problematic.
I am going to post your request on the board and hope Imric has time to address it.
thanks,
bill