November 1999

• In This Issue -
• Letters -
• A Guy Named Linus Makes Bill Nervous - Robert Tipton says Linus Torvalds' Linux has captured the fancy of those looking for an affordable, reliable technology solution - and those who believe too much Microsoft isn't good for IT.
• Top 10 Ways to Improve the AS/400 Demographic - Do your AS/400 user group meetings look like an AARP event? Roger Pence has some suggestions for lowering the average age of AS/400 users.
• Newswatch Listings -
• Hot New Products -
• Privacy Movement Gains Momentum - Pam Jones explains how concern and awareness over privacy issues moves Congress and industries to enact regulations, but many companies and IS professionals are unprepared to meet the requirements.
• Getting Paid Online - Digital cash, smart cards, e-checks, procurement cards, credit cards - Nahid Jilovec helps you sort through the growing number of electronic payment options.
• A Web Site for a Song - John Ghrist reports that after The Harry Fox Agency decided it needed a Web presence in a short time frame, it chose outsourcing the project as the best way to implement the project.
• Intruders on the Inside - Mel Beckman discusses the monitoring systems networks need to protect against internal security breaches.
• Application Security by Design - IBMer Carol Woodbury says fitting security features on applications after they're written is inefficient and time-consuming. By following a few simple guidelines, you can implement security at the design phase of application development.
• Configuring the AS/400's TCP/IP Servers for SSL - IBMer Marcela Adan provides detailed steps for configuring TCP/IP servers on a V4R4 AS/400 to run under the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
• Clustering Enables Always-Available Applications - IBMer Chuck Stupca explains how OS/400 V4R4 cluster support and high-availability solutions help you replicate applications and data across multiple AS/400s.
• The Power of User Indexes, Part 2 - Gary Guthrie continues his series on user indexes by adding procedures for retrieving user index attributes and adding user index entries to service program IdxAPI.
• SQL Views and Case Expressions - Mike Cravitz shows you how to create an SQL view, code a Select statement containing a Case expression, and output null results using the NullIf function.
• Designing Protection Setups for Web Applications - Unnerved by HTTP Server's unfamiliar-looking protection directives? IBMer Patrick Botz outlines a foolproof approach to taming these beasts and making them work for you.
• V4R4 Expands the Power of Operations Navigator - Laural Schneckloth updates you on V4R4 enhancements to Operations Navigator's Management Central, AS/400 Connections, file systems, database, network configuration, and Application Administration functions.
• The Incredible Talking AS/400 - Martin Wilber explains how the Talk.400 Java application enables an AS/400 to "speak" information about its CPU and disk utilization to an end user via a PC with a sound card.
• Tech Corner -
• While performing a save using the Save-While-Active process, I encountered a tape error after reachi -
• What must I add to my Client Access for Windows Express client setup to use digital certificates and -
• PTF Watch - PTF Watch lists selected High Impact Pervasive (HIPER) PTFs that aren't — or aren't yet — part of a cumulative PTF package.
• Street Talk -
• I use the Backup Recovery and Media Services for AS/400 (BRMS/400) product to back up my system. How -
• Why does my full system backup take so much longer when I use BRMS/400 than when I use Save menu opt -
• How do I initialize bar coded tape cartridges for my 3570 tape device? -
• Free-Format RPG IV -
• Saving Job Scheduler Entries -
• Illegal Function Error Message -
• Checking for Locked-Record Condition -
• RUNRMTCMD Not Working -
• Debugging a Batch Program with STRISDB -
• Changing the AS/400 Sign-on Screen -
• Transferring AS/400 Spool Files -
• CHGAUT/CHGOWN Commands -
• Backup & Recovery FAQs -
• Client Access Express FAQs -
• In Focus: Buying AS/400 Software Online -
• In Focus: Big Blue and StorageTek Battle It Out -