Monthly Archives: February 2011

New: MQ Channel Encryption v2.0.0

February 28, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) v2.0.0. MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to encrypt [...]

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New: MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS v2.0.0

February 28, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Channel Encryption for z/OS (z/MQCE) v2.0.0. z/MQCE provides encryption for WebSphere MQ (WMQ) message data over WMQ channels. z/MQCE operates with Sender, Receiver, Server, Requestor, Cluster-Sender, Cluster-Receiver, Server Connection and Client Connection channels of the WMQ queue managers. z/MQCE uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) [...]

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Capitalware releases MQRC2 v1.0.0

February 22, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Do you use IBM’s MQRC program? Do you wish it could display more information? I created an application called MQRC2 to fill this need. MQRC2 application can interpret an MQ reason code number (i.e. 2035), MQ reason code symbol (i.e. MQRC_OBJECT_IN_USE) or AMQ message number (i.e. AMQ4005) and display the relevant information from the WebSphere [...]

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MiGLayout v3.7.4 Released

February 19, 2011 Roger Lacroix

MiG InfoCom has just released MiGLayout v3.7.4. http://www.miglayout.com For Java developers writing GUI layouts by hand that wants simplicity, power and automatic per platform fidelity, that are dissatisfied with the current layout managers in Swing, JavaFX and SWT, MigLayout solves your layout problems. User interfaces created with MigLayout is easy to maintain, you will understand [...]

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MQAUSX Security Bulletin

February 18, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, it was discovered that MQAUSX has a security issue of a high priority. If your IniFile is using UseAuthOrder and AuthOrder keywords and if the any of the parameters of AuthOrder keyword are disabled then all incoming connections are allowed. i.e. UseAuthOrder = Y AuthOrder = ldap files mqausx UseLDAP = N A fix [...]

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MQ queue managers should not be allowed to create CCDT files

February 17, 2011 Roger Lacroix

In my opinion, IBM should drop the feature that allows a user to create a CCDT (Client Channel Definition Table) via a queue manager. Here is my logic to my idea: The queue manager stores the CCDT information in 2 places that sometimes becomes out of sync. This desynchronization makes the CCDT file useless CCDT [...]

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ProGuard v4.6 Released

February 17, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Eric Lafortune has just released ProGuard v4.6. http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code [...]

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OpenOffice v3.3 Released

February 17, 2011 Roger Lacroix

OpenOffice has just released OpenOffice v3.3. http://www.openoffice.org OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files [...]

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Nokia: going, going, …

February 11, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Just when you thought Nokia couldn’t make any more mistakes, today they decided to dump Symbian and MeeGo and go with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7. You have got to be kidding me! At first I thought it was a joke but it isn’t: http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-platforms/nokia-jumps-the-windows-phone-abyss-250 And the cherry on top: Nokia will not support Qt on [...]

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New: MQ Auditor v1.2.0

February 9, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQ Auditor v1.2.0. This is a FREE upgrade for ALL licensed users of MQ Auditor. MQ Auditor is a solution that allows a company to audit/track all MQ API calls performed by MQ applications that are connected to a queue manager. For more information about [...]

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