=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH400 | Today's News March 4, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _________________________________________________________________ *********** SPONSORED BY CORNERSTONE COMMUNICATIONS *************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Expert profile: Jim Mason, search400 WebSphere tip writer - Current Poll: Can IBM's new initiatives spark interest in the iSeries? - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: Top 10 Exchange management headaches - The Missing Link: Frying tonight: Geek cooks egg in computer =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY OS/400 PTFS AIM TO PLUG SECURITY HOLES | News: The Four Hundred IBM recommends that if you can't install recent PTFs that plug security holes in its TCP/IP networking software on OS/400 V4R5 and V5R1 that you immediately go to the extreme measure of deactivating OS/400's TCP/IP networking software. Beware: If you can install the PTFs, all the required ones must be installed to fix the security exposure. >> CLICK here for story... http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh030402-story01.html MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about other PTFs, check out these search400 Best Web Links. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax288612,00.html And read this Featured Topic on Security. http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci783697,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html PTFS ACT AS SHROUD FOR FAST400 FIX | News: Insider Weekly IBM recently released a series of PTFs to fix security exposures in TCP/IP, but explanations of the fixes are vague and don't detail the exact problem that they remedy, according to this report. Q&A: TWO MINUTES WITH FRANK SOLTIS | News: iSeries Network Frank Soltis -- iSeries and AS/400's founding father -- addresses the universal server and its building blocks, the PowerPC/Windows project, and the reason why all of IBM is looking at the iSeries architecture with renewed appreciation. (Free registration to this site required.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html - BMC LAUNCHES DB2 TOOLS (Source: CRN) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- DAILY REPORT OF SCHEDULED JOBS BY E-MAIL | Tip: search400 This user had a lot of Jobs scheduled. Every morning he had to log in his user profile and use command DSPMSG to verify if the jobs executed OK. His goal was to build a program using only CL and SQL that would send him an e-mail with a report of his scheduled jobs. Check out this tip to see what solution he came up with. >> Click here to review the complete tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci804542,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCHING FOR THE ISERIES JOBS LISTING | Advice: search400 Dear Ask the Expert, A quick search of the search400 job listings didn't produce any iSeries system administration positions. In fact, it wasn't even one of the search categories. I would think that this is a position every large shop would require. How is this position usually listed on iSeries job listings sites? Search400's career expert, Vic Sbrega, offers some advice. >> Click here to review the full expert Q & A... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid451004_tax284944,00.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- *** Special Training Offer: 30% off - Introduction to XML *** ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you're looking to learn XML, this is the perfect introductory course. This course is a fully interactive online course that provides the applications knowledge of XML. Act now and get 30% off. Click below for more details. http://nous.gofcs.com/?s=52&p=courses&t=outline&i=QT0011&m=225s ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | Jim Mason, search400 WebSphere tip writer Jim Mason is president of ebt-now, an IBM and Lotus business partner focused on delivering e-business application solutions for iSeries 400 customers. Jim writes, consults, teaches, designs and develops iSeries Web applications using Java, WebSphere, DB2, Lotus Domino and the WebSphere Development Tools for the iSeries. Let Jim's experience work for you! Sign up to receive our WebSphere tip via e-mail today: http://search400.techtarget.com/editSummary/1,291026,sid3,00.html >> RECENT TIPS from Jim you may find of interest: * Modernized applications key to successful e-business http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci776015,00.html * Options for debugging Java applications http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci789575,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CURRENT POLL | search400 Reader Survey Can IBM's new iSeries promotional initiatives spark interest in the platform? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAMMER DISCUSSION FORUM | Interact with other Programmers Are you an iSeries programmer with questions? Join your peers in our Programmer Forum to ask and answer questions about XML, COBOL, CL, ILE, Web development, Java and much more. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS you may find of interest: * Can you have laser printers attached through the Internet without an assigned IP address? http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1235 * Does anyone have an example of a COBOL program that uses 'FUZZY LOGIC'? http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1265 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP 10 EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT HEADACHES | searhWinMan Best Web Link Kim Roy of BMC Software lists 10 troublesome issues exchange managers face and offers tips to slay each headache. In each case, Roy said, choosing a tool with the right features will help ward off evil Exchange spirits. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci802255,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Frying tonight: Geek cooks egg in computer Stovetops across the U.K. are turning red with anger -- the Athlon processor is moving in on their turf! A guy in the U.K. managed to "process" an egg on his Athlon -- he fried it up and ate it on a sandwich. Process time? 11 minutes. Downtime? Zero. Taste? "Lovely," according to the galloping gourmet geek. Why? Can't answer that, but the world is certainly a better place because of it. 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