Archive for the Category: z/OS

MQAUSX without a Client-side Security Exit – Part 2

September 1, 2011 Roger Lacroix

As mentioned in Part 1, I often get asked if MQAUSX can authenticate a UserID and Password without the requirement of a client-side security exit. The answer is yes. Part 1 demonstrated how to set a UserID and Password for a client connection to a remote queue manager via code samples (i.e. C, C++, C#, […]

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MQAUSX and AES 256-bit Encryption

June 27, 2011 Roger Lacroix

MQ Authenticate User Security Exit (MQAUSX) currently uses the ‘Tiny Encryption Algorithm Variant’ (aka TEAV or XTEA) for encryption and decryption of the user’s password between the client-side security exit and the server-side security exit. The security group of existing customers and potential customers are requesting that we use Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric-key encryption […]

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Setting up communication between 2 queue managers

May 10, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Defining the MQ objects (channels and queues) for each queue manager is very straightforward, the trick is making sure the user matches the names of the channels for each queue manager. To setup communication between 2 queue managers, each queue manager requires a minimum of 1 send channel, 1 transmission queue and 1 receiver channel. […]

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New: MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1 and MQRC2 v1.1.1

April 25, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1 and MQRC2 v1.1.1. Updates for MQRC2-GUI v1.0.1: Added code to perform better number checking for Reason Code and AMQ Message Number fields Fixed an issue with reason codes 2424 to 2539 and 6100 to 6129 Updates for MQRC2 v1.1.1: Fixed an issue with […]

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New: MQRC2 v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of MQRC2 v1.1.0. MQRC2 is an application that 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 MQ Messages manual. Updates for this release: Ported the […]

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New: Message Multiplexer v1.4.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Multiplexer (MMX) v1.4.0. Message Multiplexer is an application that will get a message from a queue and output it to one or more queues. The context information is maintained across the message put(s). Updates for this release: Added GetWithConvert keyword Enhanced commit/backout processing Created […]

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New: Message Router v1.1.0

April 12, 2011 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware Inc. would like to announce the official release of Message Router (MRTR) v1.1.0. Message Router is an application that will move a message from a central queue to a specific application queue. The destination queue that the message will be placed into will be based on a keyword in the message. Context information is […]

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A Comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security

March 11, 2011 Roger Lacroix

The following is a comparison of Capitalware’s MQ Enterprise Security Suite (MQESS) to IBM’s WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security (WMQ AMS).   Capitalware’s MQESS IBM’s WMQ AMS Authentication Yes NO End-to-End Encryption Yes Yes Supported Encryption AES 128-bit AES 192-bit AES 256-bit   Yes Yes Yes   Yes No Yes Digital Signature SHA-2 SHA-1/MD5 Requires […]

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Why choose MQ Channel Encryption over SSL?

March 8, 2011 Roger Lacroix

MQ Channel Encryption (MQCE) is priced at $299 USD (volume discounts available) per queue manager plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee. SSL costs roughly $400 per certificate per year from a 3rd party CA (Certificate Authority). Hence, MQCE’s initial cost is cheaper than SSL and the ongoing yearly cost of MQCE is substantially cheaper […]

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Security White Paper

March 3, 2011 Roger Lacroix

James Michael Stewart of Global Knowledge has written a white paper called: Ten Ways Hackers Breach Security Here’s the interesting part: All too often when hacking is discussed, it is assumed that the hacker is some unknown outsider. However, studies have shown that a majority of security violations actually are caused by internal employees.  So, […]

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