=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS July 27, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Postmaster Direct =================================================== Get free offers from reputable merchants for products that you are interested in. Pick from over 50 categories of interest, modify your profile at any time to suit your needs, and receive only the e-mail that interests you when you subscribe today. Just click on the link below and get your account up and running. http://search400.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ ----------------------------------------------------------- EXPERT ADVICE: Security questions answered ----------------------------------------------------------- All week long in our OS/400 Discussion Forum search400 site expert Ken Graap will be offering advice and answering questions you may have about security and the iSeries. Post your questions, and you will be notified via email when Ken -- or another search400 member -- posts an answer for you. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84638 =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "IBM unveils Reliable HTTP" IBM is attempting to rally support for HTTPR for Reliable HTTP -- its networking protocol intended to make Web traffic more reliable. HTTPR is designed to work with other Web services protocols such as SOAP and UDD. SOURCE: Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0726ibmreliable.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What do you think about HTTPR? Do you think it will really make Web traffic more reliable? Share your thoughts with your peers in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 Looking for more relevant information on HTTP? Try search400's targeted search engine today! http://search400.techtarget.com/integratedSearchResults/1,289503,sid3,00.html?query=HTTP For more information on the HTTP protocol, check out these Best Web Links on AS/400 Tools at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2e1,00.html. And these Best Web Links on Web Development. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2f2,00.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "IBM thrives on its partnership with Linux" [2] "IBM layoffs trim local work force" [3] "IBM unit lays off 75 in Triangle" [1] "IBM thrives on its partnership with Linux" It may be shocking to some that IBM is backing Linux on the iSeries so vigorously, but to users of the platform, there are some very compelling reasons to support the open-source model. Source: IT Director http://www.it-director.com/article.php?id=2034 [2] "IBM layoffs trim local work force" The pink slips were handed out again this week -- about 100 -- this time to workers in IBM's Server Group. It is the latest in a continuing pattern of small cuts in head count this year at various parts of IBM. Source: Poughkeepsie Journal http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/today/business/stories/bu072701s1.shtml [3] "IBM unit lays off 75 in Triangle" The network management arm of IBM's Software Group, Tivoli Systems, is letting go 200 of its 4,250 employees, with 90 of the layoffs coming at the company's headquarters in Austin, Texas, and another 35 coming at its operation in San Jose, Calif. Source: The Business Journal http://triangle.bcentral.com/triangle/stories/2001/07/23/daily41.html ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Do you have a security policy in place to help deter illegal entry into your AS/400 systems? Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "IBM iSeries wired network security: OS/400 V5R1 DCM and cryptographic enhancements" This IBM Redbook focuses on the network security enhancements that are introduced with OS/400 V5R1. You'll learn how to implement and use the new object signing capabilities, so Business Partners and customers can distribute objects over an untrusted network. You're guided through the redesigned Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) with its new functions, such as Certificate Revocation List processing. You'll also be introduced to the new Global Secure Toolkit (GSKit) APIs, and see sample code written in ILE RPG to introduce these new APIs. SOURCE: IBM http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246168.html?Open [2] "Raising the level of data precision" This article is about extensible markup language (XML) and the foundation it was based on --- standard generalized markup language (SGML). These two languages are the more widely used technologies in the IT industry. In this article you'll learn about document type definition (DTD), which defines the various elements, attributes and overall document structure for a given class of documents. SOURCE: iSeries Magazine http://www.the400resource.com/CONTENT/MONTHLY/200107/internet7.html Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best AS/400 Web Links? If so, let us know. 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