Category Archives: News

Schedule for IMPACT

Posted on April 28, 2009 by T.Rob

This post is really more for me than anyone else.  I’ll be at IMPACT 2009 next week and need a handy place to track my schedule. Sunday:    16:00 – 17:00 Premium Support Welcome Reception Venetian’s Orchid Restaurant Monday:    11:00 – … Continue reading →

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Administering FTE from stand-alone explorer

Posted on April 16, 2009 by T.Rob

Rich Cumbers posted a mini how-to describing the procedure to install the WMQ File Transfer Edition plug-in into the stand-alone WebSphere MQ Explorer.  Should be very useful.

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Slides for PCI Knowledgebase webinar posted

Posted on April 13, 2009 by T.Rob

Join me Wednesday April 15th @ Noon Eastern for a webinar hosted by the fine folks at PCI Knowledgebase.com on the topic of WebSphere MQ for QSA’s.  Register for the webinar at this link.  The slides have been posted here.

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Webinar: WMQ Security for QSA's April 15th

Posted on April 7, 2009 by T.Rob

I will be presenting a webinar on April 15th, hosted by the fine folks at PCI Knowledgebase. The purpose of the webinar will be to introduce Qualified Security Assessors, or QSA’s as they are known, to the concept of WebSphere … Continue reading →

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MSoT: Stand-alone MQ Explorer download

Posted on February 27, 2009 by T.Rob

More good news for WMQ users!  WMQ Explorer is now available as a Category 3 SupportPac, which means it is free, can be downloaded separate from the install media and is supported for customers with a valid WebSphere MQ license. … Continue reading →

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Choosing a PCI DSS Auditor? Does WMQ awareness count?

Posted on January 26, 2009 by T.Rob

James DeLuccia’s post about choosing a PCI DSS QSA auditor has some good advice.  I would add to his list a criteria one of my own: the auditor should at least know how to spell WMQ.  Or JMS.  Or “message … Continue reading →

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Must-read article – Secure Software: 'See No Evil' is Not a Strategy

Posted on January 23, 2009 by T.Rob

Given that software currently enables or imperils most aspects of our buying, selling, and communicating, it is time that responsible people acknowledge that this is a massive problem, and stop looking in the opposite direction. “See No Evil” is not … Continue reading →

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Signed C&C messages? What a novel idea!

Posted on January 8, 2009 by T.Rob

I’ve been saying for a while now that Command and Control messages to be signed.  It’s a question of authentication.  When you pass a message to perform an administrative action, what assurance do you have that the message got to … Continue reading →

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WMQ File Transfer Edition launched

Posted on December 7, 2008 by T.Rob

I’ve been haunting the Vienna MQ list server for long enough to have seen the topic of moving files over MQSeries, and later WebSphere MQ, raise it’s ugly head on many occasions.  I say “ugly” because creating a general-purpose program … Continue reading →

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Some new info about amqiclen

Posted on October 25, 2008 by T.Rob

Long-time MQ listserver participant and colleague Peter Potkay recently posted the following info about amqiclen which he received from a PMR.  My most recent developerWorks article talked about how the culture within the WMQ community tends to perpetuate established best … Continue reading →

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