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IBM’s Response to the Log4J Vulnerability

December 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Here is a link to a list of IBM products that are affected by the Log4J v2.x vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228): https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/page/2/?s=2021-44228 The only IBM MQ related hit so far is for IBM MQ Blockchain bridge. Note: This is an actively growing list of IBM products. Hence, you should check back each day. Here is a link […]

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Log4J Vulnerability And Capitalware Products

December 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix

For those who have not heard, there is a new vulnerability in Log4J v2.x. Here is a link to the Log4J v2.x vulnerability: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/apache-log4j-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228/ The Log4J v2.x vulnerability is related to the ‘lookups’ feature that was introduced in version 2. Lookups provide a way to add values to the log4j configuration at arbitrary places. They […]

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IBM MQ For .NET Core Primer

December 3, 2021 Roger Lacroix

I’m starting to see questions (even being asked) about IBM MQ for .NET Core and the challenges that people are having. I’m not a .NET developer, more of a “I’ll do it to get it done” .NET developer. Hence, I’ll explain it from an IBM MQ perspective. The first thing you should know is that […]

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IBM MQ V9.2.4 Announced

November 17, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has announced IBM MQ V9.2.4: https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/899/ENUSLP21-0278/index.html Highlights: MQ 9.2.4: – Intelligent workload rebalancing with updates to uniform clusters – Security enhancements that build on the existing robust security mechan – MQ client support for new Java™ 11 runtimes – MQ client support for Java 17 runtimes – Updates to improve usability of the IBM […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.2.0.4 Released

November 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.2.0.4 for IBM MQ V9.2 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6514427 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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And Now for Something Completely Different.

November 9, 2021 Roger Lacroix

I love that line from Monty Python which is from the film of the same name. Last week, someone emailed me about running MQ Visual Edit on Microsoft Surface Pro X. For those who don’t know, the Surface Pro X comes with a Microsoft SQ1 or SQ2 ARM processor. Yes, ARM CPU and not an […]

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MQ Visual Edit V3.2.0 Released

November 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Edit v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Edit V2/V3. MQ Visual Edit allows users to view, manipulate and manage messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in […]

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MQ Visual Browse V3.2.0 Released

November 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Visual Browse v3.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Visual Browse V2/V3. MQ Visual Browse allows users to view messages in a queue and/or topic of an IBM MQ queue manager and presents the data in a simplified format […]

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MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.2 Released

November 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Batch Toolkit v3.2.2. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Batch Toolkit. MQ Batch Toolkit allows users to manipulate, monitor and manage messages in a queue of an IBM MQ (formally WebSphere MQ & MQSeries) queue manager from a command-line […]

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MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.1.0 Released

November 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQTT Message Editing Suite V1.1.0. MQTT Message Editing Suite (MMES) application allows users to subscribe, publish, edit, copy, delete, forward, backup, restore, import and export messages of a topic of an MQTT Broker. The messages of a topic are presented in a table format similar […]

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