Archive for the Category: Security

MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager v1.0.2

November 9, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. is pleased to announce the release of MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager (MQCACM) and MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager for z/OS (z/MQCACM). MQCACM and z/MQCACM are ‘licensed as free’ software. i.e. Same as how IBM licenses MQ Client software. MQCACM and z/MQCACM is an MQ Channel Auto-Definition (MQ CHAD) exit that allows a […]

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RFE: Add Support for Channel Security Exit in AMQP & MQTT Channels

November 3, 2015 Roger Lacroix

All, I need everyone’s help in getting IBM to add a missing feature to AMQP & MQTT channels. When IBM added direct support for MQTT to an MQ queue manager, I didn’t look very carefully at how IBM implemented the channel attributes (busy doing other things). Now IBM has added AMQP channel as of MQ […]

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CRA Phone Scam from (613) 927-9687

August 18, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Three weeks ago, I received the first phone call and I just received the second phone call from (613) 927-9687. It is an automated phone call (woman’s voice), stating it is the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) and threatening a lawsuit for unpaid taxes. The first time it happened, I figured it was a scam but […]

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Oracle CSO Rant to ‘Sinner’ Customers

August 11, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, Oracle’s chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson posted a rant about customers who reverse engineer Oracle products then send Oracle information on security vulnerabilities in Oracle products. She wants customers to “stop sending vulnerability reports already” because she wants “to go back to writing murder mysteries”. I’m not kidding, the Oracle CSO wrote that. […]

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Another New Feature being added to MQAUSX (and z/MQAUSX)

July 6, 2015 Roger Lacroix

A customer requested a solution to a problem that is not really an MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) issue. The customer has several applications that, shall we say, are poorly written and they will not likely be changed. These particular customer applications connect, open, put (and/or get), close and disconnect from the queue manager […]

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Trojanized, Info-Stealing PuTTY Version Lurking Online

May 20, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Since a large portion of the MQ community uses PuTTY to connect to their remote servers, please be careful where you download PuTTY from. Here is an article about a malicious version of PuTTY: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=3041 The bottom-line is that you should ONLY be downloading PuTTY from the author’s web site at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.0.0

May 13, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.0.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit. MQ Authenticate User Security Exit is a solution that allows a company to fully authenticate a user who is accessing a WebSphere MQ resource. […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.0.0

May 13, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.0.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS. MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS is a solution that allows a company to fully authenticate a user who […]

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New: MQ Standard Security Exit v2.2.0

May 12, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Standard Security Exit v2.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Standard Security Exit. MQ Standard Security Exit is a solution that allows a MQAdmin to control and restrict who is accessing a WebSphere MQ resource. For more information about […]

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New: MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.2.0

May 12, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS. MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS is a solution that allows a MQAdmin to control and restrict who is accessing a WebSphere […]

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