Archive for the Category: IBM MQ

Webinar: IBM MQ CONNAUTH/CHLAUTH Doesn’t Work Like You Think it Does

November 17, 2016 Roger Lacroix

T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting will be giving a webinar on issues/problems with/using CONNAUTH and CHLAUTH: https://www.imwuc.org/p/ca/vi/sid=435 Date: November 30, 2016 at 01:00 PM EST Description: Native MQ password authentication (CONNAUTH) introduced in IBM MQ v8.0 has gotten off to a rough start. As of Fix Pack 8.0.0.5, the interaction between CONNAUTH and CHLAUTH has […]

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IBM MQ V9.0.1 Released

November 15, 2016 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released IBM MQ V9.0.1: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/649/ENUSA16-0767/index.html Highlights: – More flexible connectivity – Additional control for monitoring – Improvements in managed file transfer – Initial availability of the IBM MQ Console for administration and monitoring of IBM MQ – Initial release of a new REST API to enable the creation of new http-based tools to […]

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MQ Visual Edit V2 Colored Topic Messages

November 9, 2016 Roger Lacroix

After the noise from last night, I thought the world could use some color. 🙂 Opening (subscribing to) an MQ Topic can be done just like opening an MQ Queue but a user can also open (subscribe to) a topic with a wild card (either ‘#’ or ‘+’). So, I decided that when the user […]

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T.Rob Wyatt’s MQ Password/CHLAUTH Research

October 25, 2016 Roger Lacroix

T.Rob Wyatt of IoPT Consulting has published an extremely extensive blog posting on the use of UserID/Password and CHLAUTH rules with IBM MQ V8 and V9. You can find it here: https://t-rob.net/2016/10/25/mq-idpwos-chlauth-exec-summary/ He did huge number and variety of tests against 9 different releases of MQ. A big thumbs up for the effort in creating […]

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Roger Lacroix’s MQTC Session Video

October 20, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here is the third video that my daughters, Courtney and Sarah, recorded at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6. Here’s Roger Lacroix’s MQ Visual Edit V2 – The Next Generation session: The presentation for MQ Visual Edit V2 – The Next Generation session can be found at: http://www.mqtechconference.com/sessions_v2016.html Note: All the videos can be found on my […]

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A Prime Example of Bad Security Information

October 19, 2016 Roger Lacroix

This morning I noticed a new blog posting over at IBM’s MQdev Blog called Compiling IBM MQ sample programs on AIX platform using XL C/C++ Compiler by Prema Laxmanachar. This is a prime example of someone starting out with a good intentions but takes a short-cut and ends up writing an extremely bad MQ security […]

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T.Rob Wyatt’s MQTC Session Video

October 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Here is the second video that my daughters, Courtney and Sarah, recorded at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6. This session by T.Rob Wyatt is a MUST watch video for IT mangers, MQ mangers and Application Managers of any and all organizations that use IBM MQ. Here’s T.Rob Wyatt’s Check list of Top MQ Security Outstanding Bugs/Issues/Gotchas […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.5.0.7 Released

October 11, 2016 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.5.0.7 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983301 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Chris Hanna’s MQTC Session Video

October 11, 2016 Roger Lacroix

My daughters, Courtney and Sarah, recorded 3 sessions at MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6. Chris Hanna of Southwest Airlines was extremely kind and volunteered to do a customer session on Capitalware products that Southwest Airlines uses. Here’s Chris Hanna’s Addressing PCI w/Capitalware – A Customer Perspective session: The presentation for Addressing PCI w/Capitalware – A Customer […]

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Robin Wiley’s MQTC Session Video

October 11, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Robin Wiley had a health issue on the last day (Wednesday) of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.6. Since, he was not able to deliver his last session, he volunteered to do a video, after he got out of the hospital, for those who missed the Wednesday session. Here’s Robin Wiley’s MQ-DataPower Connectivity Deep Dive session: The […]

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