Archive for the Category: Security

NBR: Hiding In Plain Sight: Embedded Device Security

August 8, 2019 Roger Lacroix

Here’s an NBR (Nightly Business Report) segment on embedded device security. They explained embedded device security issues so that the average user will understand it. Everyone should watch this 4 minute segment: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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NBR: Privacy Policies: What are we really agreeing to?

February 7, 2019 Roger Lacroix

I have been watching NBR (Nightly Business Report) for a very, very long time. Last night, it had an awesome segment on data privacy policies. They explained the data privacy issues so that the average user will understand it. Everyone should watch this 5 minute segment: Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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So You Secured MQ But How Do You Know It Is Secure?

October 26, 2018 Roger Lacroix

As the MQ Technical Conference V2.0.1.8 t-shirts said “MQAdmin: the superhero of middleware messaging!“. Since, you are a “superhero”, you have secured your MQ environment. You have implemented CHLAUTH and/or CONNAUTH features in IBM MQ. So, give yourself a pat on the back, a gold star or have another cold one on you because you […]

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SSL/TLS for capitalware.com

October 5, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware’s web site has been available as a secure (“https”) web site for several months. In the Summer, I tried turning on the auto redirection from “http” to “https” but it broke my online registration code in MQ Visual Edit, MQ Visual Browse, MQ Batch Toolkit and MQTT Message Viewer. I fixed the issue a […]

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LearnMQ from IBM Developer

October 4, 2018 Roger Lacroix

During David Ware’s “What’s New in IBM MQ?” session at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.8, David announced LearnMQ (see slide 24). LearnMQ is a place where new users can get some FREE MQ training (and earn badges). The LearnMQ web site is broken down into 3 sections: MQ Essentials MQ Tutorials Run a Demo So, if […]

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Capitalware & MQTC web sites and SSL

July 17, 2018 Roger Lacroix

I use HostGator for hosting of Capitalware’s and MQ Technical Conference’s (MQTC) web sites. HostGator has implemented SSL for my sites, so you should be able to access the web sites using “https” rather than “http”. If you have either site bookmarked then update your bookmark, so that you go to the https://www.capitalware.com or https://www.mqtechconference.com […]

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Security Risk for MQ Model Queue

June 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Well, I learnt something new today: an MQ model queue is a security risk! It is not that a model queue in of itself is a security risk but rather what you can do with a model queue to get a backdoor to a queue or maybe it is called a ‘side channel attack’ of […]

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MQAUSX Explained or Better Explained

June 1, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Every once in a while, I get requests to explain what/how MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) and/or MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS (z/MQAUSX) work. Client-side perspective: If the client application is configured with the MQAUSX client-side security exit then the user credentials are encrypted and sent to the remote queue manager. This […]

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Capitalware Products 2018 Release Train

May 28, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Here is a summary of all the recent releases that Capitalware Inc. has published: Blog posting for product releases: MQ Auditor v3.0.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.3.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.3.0 MQ Channel Connection Inspector v1.0.0 MQ Channel Connection Inspector for z/OS v1.0.0 MQ Channel Encryption v3.2.0 MQ Channel Encryption […]

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New: MQ Message Encryption v4.0.0

May 28, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Message Encryption v4.0.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Message Encryption. MQME provides encryption for MQ message data while it resides in a queue and in the MQ logs (i.e. all data at rest). For more information about MQME, […]

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