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 company to control and restrict incoming connection requests to auto-create a channel.

  • MQCACM is an MQ exit that will operate with WebSphere MQ v6.0, v7.0, v7.1, v7.5 or v8.0 in Windows, Unix, IBM i and Linux environments.
  • z/MQCACM is an MQ exit that will operate with WebSphere MQ v5.3.1, v6.0, v7.0, v7.1 or v8.0 for z/OS environments.
    Changes:

  • Fixed an issue with the Ini Processor not finding next section
  • Fixed an issue on Windows with freeing environment variable memory (error with FreeEnvironmentStrings Windows API call)
  • Fixed an issue with using “size_t” variable type when it should have been “int”

Both MQCACM and z/MQCACM are licensed as a free product. They are free to use but support is not included. A support license may be purchased.

For more information about MQCACM, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqcacm_overview.html
Or for z/MQCACM, please go to:
https://www.capitalware.com/mqcacm_zos_overview.html

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 42.0 Released

November 3, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v42.0.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Fedora 23 Released

November 3, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Fedora Project Contributors has just released Fedora v23.
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/Release_Notes/index.html

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system, a suite of software that makes your computer run. You can use the Fedora operating system to replace or to run alongside of other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X. The Fedora operating system is 100% free of cost for you to enjoy and share.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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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 v8.0.0.4 and a customer emailed me asking if MQAUSX would be supported for AMQP channels.

I looked in the MQ Knowledge Center at AMQP channel (which is a clone of MQTT):
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_8.0.0/com.ibm.mq.ref.adm.doc/q123914_.htm?lang=en

And channel has the usual channels attributes like SSLPEER, SSLCIPH, MCAUSER, etc.. except there is no SCYEXIT (channel security exit) attribute.

All of the channels, Sender, Receiver, Server, Requester, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection, support channel security exit but not AMQP & MQTT channels.

The REALLY annoying part of IBM’s implementation is the CHLAUTH and CONNAUTH work with the new AMQP & MQTT channels as with all of the older channel types. You can read whatever you want into this decision but I think it is short-sighted. If you use your own security exit or BlockIP2 or one of mine (MQAUSX or MQSSX) then you are locked out.

Here is the RFE # 79245 I created:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=79245

Please vote for it so that IBM will add channel security exit to AMQP & MQTT channels.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Redistributable Clients Starting with MQ 8.0.0.4

October 29, 2015 Roger Lacroix

With the release of FixPack 8.0.0.4 for IBM MQ, IBM has provided Redistributable Clients for:

  • Native MQ applications using the MQI written in C, C++, COBOL
  • MQ applications using the Java/JMS classes
  • MQ applications using managed or unmanaged .NET classes

There is a write up of the new Redistributable Clients at DeveloperWorks.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.4 Released

October 26, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 8.0.0.4 for IBM MQ
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21969244

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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SupportPac MS0T v8.0.0.4 Released

October 26, 2015 Roger Lacroix

IBM has released SupportPac MS0T for version v8.0.0.4:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24021041

    Changes:

  • Updated for v8.0.0.4

SupportPac MS0T (MQ Explorer) is a graphical configuration tool built on Eclipse which enables you to remotely explore and configure all WebSphere MQ objects and resources, including Java Message Service (JMS), and publish and subscribe.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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Ubuntu 15.10 Released

October 26, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Ubuntu has just released Ubuntu v15.10.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.10/

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,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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OpenBSD v5.8 Released

October 19, 2015 Roger Lacroix

Theo de Raadt has just released OpenBSD v5.8.
http://www.openbsd.org/58.html

The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.

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SQLite v3.9.0 Released

October 14, 2015 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.9.0.
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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