VPN Connectivity From Iraq And Kuwait? 32
direktorjb writes "I have an urgent need to connect about 6 users in Baghdad and another 6 in Kuwait to an AS400 app (5250 emulation) back in the states. Is anyone aware of a decent ISP in those regions? If I cant get a reliable ISP (and therefore a solid VPN connection), what are my other choices? Should I check out VSAT?"
Go to the military base (Score:4, Funny)
Halliburton, EDS, etc (Score:4, Informative)
Hook up with them somehow. You're going to have alot of problems running a VPN over satellite. The military is pre-empting transponders to control RAVs and such, so the link will not be reliable.
Re:Halliburton, EDS, etc (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Halliburton, EDS, etc (Score:2, Insightful)
It's too late now (Score:4, Funny)
Homeland security is tapping your phonelines as I type
OR... if you work for homeland security, man were you a waste of budget if you can't set up a VPN.
Anyways now that the rant is over... your best option is too use some kind of satellite based internet connection. Or a cellmodem which has reliable connectivity in iraq, but dials into a long distance number to an ISP that works... of course if the long distance charges are super high, you might as well have him dial directly into a phone line/modem at your location and you don't need to use the internet at all. It really depends on what you want to use the connection for, but I have to assume dialup is no good.. as you need all three to be dedicated.
VSAT will work (Score:3, Informative)
With most European SAT ISP's will have coverage in most of the Middle Eaest. (I've worked with some from Israel)
One problen with VSAT/SAT is that the link latancy and BER are mutch higher then for a land link. (which might or might not bother your app depending on what you do)
VSAT and VPN (Score:1)
What we're using (Score:5, Informative)
Service is fair. You'll see probably two to four outages per month that last anywhere from an hour to 12 hours. Ensure your site has some means of calling back to the states to troubleshoot the link. Expect to be on hold for a while if you call during EST business hours. You'll find out quickly which of the 10-12 "NOC Techicians" aren't just reading from a script. Normally, they just have to re-route your traffic to a different place in Europe. They're probably having major growing pains: We've got over 200 of these sites across Iraq and Kuwait.
Works anywhere... (Score:3, Funny)
Have you looked into this [faqs.org]?
Re:Works anywhere... (Score:2)
Re:Works anywhere... (Score:2)
nanog etc (Score:3, Informative)
Very very very shameless plug... (Score:2, Informative)
My company sells >flame-proof-suit<an expensive Windows-only 5250 terminal emulator [www.mmr.be] >/flame-proof-suit< with built-in support for SSL.
Install stunnel [stunnel.org] at the AS400 site.
former QSECOFR on an AS/400 here... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Get a linux box, put TN5250 on it from http://tn5250.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net], and just SSH in from remote. (So: remote machine --> SSH over internet --> Linux box on local network --> TN5250 over LAN --> AS/400) TN5250 can just
ack...answered the wrong question. (Score:3, Informative)
OK, if anyone else wants to provide a solution: all he really needs is TCP/IP. His 400 doesn't need anything special on top of that (since the advice I gave is probably obvious to him), so any ISP solution should work.
And I apparently don't know how to read a question before answering. Yay.
All my friends (Score:2, Funny)
Uh oh (Score:1)
Clearly, we need a Beowulf cluster in order to catch bin Laden.
Re:Uh oh (Score:2)
Considering that Iraq and Osama bin Laden have nothing to do with each other, I doubt it.
Be a bit careful (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Be a bit careful (Score:2)
Hal? (Score:1)
It is there, but I can't tell you where. (Score:3, Interesting)
They are interesting to follow. One fellow is leaving because he can't stand the cultural divide and just feels too out of place. Some love the place and are enjoying their stay either as an adventure or just because they like the place.
Find some people already there. You may get a good reply here, but there are plenty of people who have already done what you're needing. In fact, at least one group is putting up wireless nodes at the cell towers.
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Evan
There used to be some... (Score:2, Informative)
Only one comment (Score:2, Flamebait)
You have the right to remain silent, and be held without bail at secret facilities for an unlimited time. If you wish to give up these rights, well that's too bad.
Re:Mod this down and you block Free Speech-you NAZ (Score:2)
Re:Mod this down and you block Free Speech-you NAZ (Score:1)
Re:Mod this down and you block Free Speech-you NAZ (Score:2)
1. The title is a clear violation of Godwin's Law [jargon.net] (on my
2. The AC has no idea whether the application has anything to do with the US governments war effort (i.e. maybe its for an Aid Agency ?), yet
3.the AC rattles off slogans that have less meaning than those used by late night TV Advertorials.
In short, the post lacked sense, humour or technical merit. The tenuous relevance to the original question is