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IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. Expert Questions of the Week - How to protect Linux on the mainframe from hackers, viruses? - How to read TSQs with multiple records? - Is it possible to use ping function in a Rexx procedure? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: z/VM and Linux - Discussion: Need help with OS/390 fundamentals? - Search390 Salary Survey: How much are you worth? - Poll: Are you upgrading to z/OS? ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Storage Decisions Reserve your seat for the free Storage Decisions conference coming to the Hilton Chicago Hotel September 17-19. Storage affects every IT budget, including yours. Make the smartest decisions by attending this conference. You can't afford not to! Register today: http://www.storagedecisions.com/html/registration.htm ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO PROTECT LINUX ON THE MAINFRAME? | by Jan Lahmann Dear Ask the Expert, What's to stop hackers and viruses from attacking Linux on the mainframe as it currently looks like any other Unix/Linux machine? >> CLICK for Jan's response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid488980_tax285124,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO READ TSQS WITH MULTIPLE RECORDS? | by Robert Harris Dear Ask the Expert, I am not clear on reading TSQs with multiple records. From what I gather, using the item number value, a program can position itself to a specific record -- kind of a keyed read. From that point, readnext can be executed as necessary. Is this understanding correct? >> CLICK for Robert's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid488996_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE PING IN A REXX PROCEDURE? | by Jim Keohane Dear Ask the Expert, Under HTTP server I would like to use the ping function in a Rexx procedure, but I can't. Do you know if it's possible? Context: HTML calls a CGI and the CGI call a Rexx procedure on OS/390. >> CLICK for Jim's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid488970_tax285123,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | z/VM and Linux 2002 marks the 30th anniversary of IBM's VM (Virtual Machine) OS, which has evolved into today's z/VM, a flexible, scalable system that has gained in popularity many say due to Linux. Learn more about running Linux under z/VM in this week's Featured Topic. >> CLICK for full Featured Topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci847737,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM DISCUSSION FORUMS | Operating Systems Mainframe newbie "imwondering" posted the following questions in the Operating Systems forum: "I often see MVS, OS/390 and z/OS referred to as one -- for simplicity's sake, I guess. Is this because they are just different "versions," if you will, of an S/390 OS "family" (with MVS being the oldest and z/OS being the newest)? And same with VM, VM/ESA and z/VM? "What are VSE and VSE/ESA? I know ESA stands for Enterprise Systems Architecture, but not much else. "What is DASD? I thought it was just a fancy name for disk drive." He's already received some feedback from the Search390.com community. 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