June 2005

• Industry Observer - Explore Java Server Faces, get a modern perspective on Moore's Law, investigate security pitfalls and solutions, and read about the evolution of Wkipedia.
• f.y.iSeries -
• Validate User Names and Passwords Using LDAP and Active Directory - If your apps use the Apache Web server to provide a browser interface for internal staff, a good option for user ID is to reconfigure your apps to accept user IDs and passwords and then use LDAP to validate them against your Windows domain server.
• How Safe Is Your Private Data? - Worldwide, the number of laws and regulations regarding the security of private and confidential information continues to grow. To ensure that your systems and applications are in compliance, consider these pointers when designing your apps.
• Better Portability: Introduction to Enterprise Generation Language - Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) can help you develop full-featured applications very quickly. Learn how EGL lets your applications be portable, and discover some of the EGL tools available in WDSc.
• VOIP Simplification for the iSeries - Stalker Software's CommuniGate Pro 4.3 offers iSeries running Linux with an out-of-the-box communications server that handles VOIP.
• Using SSH to Enhance Secure Remote Administration - Network administrators often do their jobs from afar. Alas, hackers do their jobs the same way. To help you keep the former in and the latter out, Secure Shell provides a way to remotely control your network from virtually anywhere using almost any device.
• Be Sensitive About Being Sensitive - Investing a lot of yourself in your work can make you pretty sensitive when that work is criticized. But these three suggestions can help you better deal with criticism.
• Astro In Love - Maybe it's because of the lack of romantic possibilities with members of his own species, but lately Astro's been having strong feelings about the new faces that companies such as HP, Intel, and Dell have put on as a result of their revolving executives.
• Buy Low and Sell High - The iSeries rescue mission needs to acknowledge reality. IBM should build a business model that plays to the iSeries' strengths, nurtures existing customers, and uses vertical solutions to appeal to prospects rather than competing on the low margin, high volume positions of its competitors.
• The Once and Future King of the Midrange - Announcements by IBM and other vendors at COMMON Chicago show the iSeries continues to have a strong future.
• Print Program Adoption Supercharged! - Authority-adopting programs are easy to create, and they can be a back door into your system posing a security risk. Use the utility in this article to search all libraries on a system for programs and service programs that adopt special authorities.
• Hot New Products -
• New and Improved Features in Lotus Notes 7 - Lotus Notes 7 delivers many much-needed and requested features, including a new AutoSave feature, Save Window State option, Discover Folders action, Show Mail Threads option, Quick Flag Feature, and more.
• Is There a Workplace In Your Future? - The hottest thing in IBM collaboration is Workplace, and the latest version of Workplace (2.5) may be coming to an iSeries near you. The iSeries offers several key benefits for Workplace implementations; learn which Workplace options can help you.
• IBM Announcements -
• Feedback -
• Dr. I Doctor - Dr. I Doctor describes how to support full Windows domain logons over wireless connections using L2TP and explains O'Reilly's SafariU custom syllabus publishing program.
• Tech Corner -
• Easily Reenable Disabled NetServer Users - The Activate NetServer User utility offers a green-screen method for reenabling NetServer users. The utility has the added benefit of showing how to implement the QZLSOLST (Open List of Server Information) and QZLSCHSI (Change Server Information) APIs.
• Start Virtualizing with iSeries Navigator - The Virtualization Engine console merges systems, tasks, definitions, and jobs from one iSeries Navigator central system with data from other iSeries Navigator central systems. Learn what you need to do to start virtualizing your environment.
• DNS Revisited - DNS is the duct tape of the Internet; it holds everything together. Since we last looked at DNS — way back in 1997 — a lot has changed to accommodate Internet growth, new technologies, and increasing security threats. Find out what's changed.
• Homac Empowers Users with StarQuery - When requests for data queries and reports had to be funneled through a single person, one company decided it needed a better way. It found it in Symtrax Corporation's StarQuery.
• Basics of Using WDSc: Using Code Designer - Using Code Designer for screen design is a big step up from SDA. This installment shows you how to access Code Designer from WDSc and navigate through it to make simple DDS changes.
• RPG and the IFS: Working with Links - Understanding how links can work for you in the IFS helps you better understand, organize, and manage your IFS data.
• Is Your HA Solution True High Availability? - Downtime is money down the drain. Is your high availability solution prepared for all scenarios? Richard Dolewski examines six myths that too many companies fall prey to when safeguarding their systems.