Using SSL with Client Access Express for AS/400

The AS/400 Operating System, OS/400, supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) since its release of V4R1. It is not until V4R4 and the release of Client Access Express that communication between Client Access for Windows and the AS/400 is secure. Companies that have the Client Access as their communication application with the AS/400, now have the important task of securing these links. As well as those who are planning to use Client Access for this purpose. This paper is meant to help those who are in need of securing a Client Access connection with their AS/400. We will achieve this security with the use of SSL on the link. SSL support on the AS/400 can be used with different applications and in different forms, but this paper will refer only to Client Access for Windows.