Archive for the Category: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit

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 Authenticate User Security Exit v3.3.0

May 28, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.3.0. 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 an IBM MQ resource. […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.3.0

May 28, 2018 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.3.0. 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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Capitalware z/OS and IBM i Product Advisory

January 23, 2018 Roger Lacroix

A potential bug was discovered in Capitalware’s logging framework, see here for more details, for commercial and “Licensed as Free” products for z/OS and IBM i. Commercial Products affected: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for IBM i MQ Channel Encryption for IBM i MQ Standard Security Exit for IBM i MQ Authenticate User Security Exit […]

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MQ Resource Adapter and MQ Exits

August 9, 2017 Roger Lacroix

It is always interesting to see what IBM Support thinks of issues and their resolution. 🙂 Case in point: https://developer.ibm.com/messaging/2017/08/01/using-channel-exits-jee-application-servers/ Background: Several months ago, a long-time customer of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) was deploying a JBoss V7 server and needed to configure the MQAUSX client-side security exit to be used for authentication to […]

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Pres. Trump says gov’t agencies need better security – MQ security too?

February 3, 2017 Roger Lacroix

The other day, U.S. President Donald Trump said: the government agencies need to better protect their networks. Most of the U.S. government agencies use IBM MQ for their messaging middleware. Application messages that traverse their MQ environment contain confidential and highly secure information. As many of you know, A basic setup of IBM MQ Server […]

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Speeding Up Channel Exits for MQ on z/OS

January 20, 2017 Roger Lacroix

Tony Sharkey of IBM has an excellent write up on how to improve the loading times of channel exits written in C for MQ on z/OS. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/messaging/entry/Do_you_use_channel_exits_written_in_C_on_your_z_OS_queue_manager All of Capitalware channel exits are written in C. Therefore, any customers using the following channel exits, I strongly suggest you read Tony Sharkey’s article. z/OS Commercial Products: […]

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Capitalware Products 2016 Release Train

December 15, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, Capitalware Inc. released updates to all of the products that involve MQ Exits. Blog posting for product releases: MQ Auditor v2.4.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.2.0 MQ Authenticate User Security Exit for z/OS v3.2.0 MQ Channel Encryption v3.1.2 MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v3.1.2 MQ Channel Throttler v1.0.2 MQ Message Encryption v3.3.0 MQ […]

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New: MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.2.0

December 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Authenticate User Security Exit v3.2.0. 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 an IBM MQ resource. […]

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