Monthly Archives: October 2016

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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SQLite v3.15.0 Released

October 14, 2016 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.15.0. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 16.10 Released

October 13, 2016 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v16.10. http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.10/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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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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FreeBSD v11.0 Released

October 12, 2016 Roger Lacroix

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has just released FreeBSD v11.0. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/announce.html FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD’s code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive […]

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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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