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Category Archives: IBMMQ
Command Server Gotcha
The title of my last post, Client-based runmqsc gotcha, was a bit of a misnomer. Although I stumbled onto it using runmqsc client, the root cause of the issue really lies with the Command Server. That means anything that drives … Continue reading
Client-based runmqsc gotcha
Most shops running more than a handful of queue managers end up writing a script or two that sends commands to runmqsc and parses the responses. Until recently the options were to run those scripts locally or to access remote … Continue reading
Posted in IBMMQ, MQTC
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When deprecated != deprecated
Every now and then we hear that a cipher algorithm has fallen to a new cracking technique. This cascades into a new round of deprecating any ciphersuites that rely on the newly cracked algorithms. Over the years we’ve moved from … Continue reading
Posted in IBMMQ, Security, WMQ Security
Tagged Admin, Architecture, Best Practices, ciphersuite, deprecated, IBM MQ, NULL, Recommended Practices, SSL, TLS, WebSphere MQ Security, WMQ, WMQ Security
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Parsing MQ error logs in Splunk
A how-to tutorial and code samples for parsing #IBMMQ error logs in @Splunk.
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Posted in IBMMQ
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MQ start/stop woes
After I tweeted a link to an IBM blog post on how to start and stop IBM MQ using systemd, an IBMer responded to say “it surprised me to hear that some #IBMMQ customers have to manually restart their QMs … Continue reading
Posted in Fail, IBMMQ
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Driving MQ admin cost, defects to near-zero
The theme of my sessions at this year’s MQTC (and hopefully also at IBM Think if they are accepted) is cloud and virtualization, if you are reading the abstracts. If you come to the session you find it’s really about … Continue reading
Dude, IBM broke my stash!
In case you hadn’t noticed yet, IBM has quietly changed the format of the stash file so that the various unstash programs no longer work. In this post I’ll discuss some of the security implications of that change and, since … Continue reading
Posted in IBMMQ, Security
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Inaccurate MQ auths event messages
The security maturity progression in MQ starts with access control. First we isolate MQ Admin access, then add granular user and application access. This class of security control is known as intrusion prevention. After mastering that the next phase includes … Continue reading
Posted in IBMMQ, News, Security, WMQ Security
Tagged authorization, AUTHREC, bugs, Events, logs, News, security, setmqaut, WebSphere MQ Security, WMQ Security
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Knowledge Center corrections
Keen-eyed observers will have noticed that the MQ and IIB Knowledge Centers now have a floating “Contact Us” overlay at the bottom-right of the page. There’s a bit of history there but long story short, for a while there was … Continue reading
MQ Password/CHLAUTH research – Exec Summary
As of v8.0, MQ now can natively validate user IDs by checking the password against the Operating System or LDAP. Checking against Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) was added in v8.0.0.4. Prior to v8.0 it was necessary to use a channel … Continue reading →
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