Month: July 2023

​This new View, NEWORK_ATTRIBUTE_INFO, was introduced as part of IBM i TR2 and 7.4 TR8. It shows the same information as the Display Network Attributes command, DSPNETA, and allows you to retrieve the same information as you would using the Retrieve Network Attributes command, RTVNETA.
I will admit I don’t use this information much, in fact the only attribute I use is the Current System name. In a CL program I retrieve it using RTVNETA:

01 DCL VAR(&SYSNAME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)

02 RTVNETA SYSNAME(&SYSNAME)

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​It was a simple question posed by Liam Allan on Ryver: Should IBM stop shipping SEU? The dozens of answers it generated exposed a stark divide when it comes to the use of legacy technology in the IBM i ecosystem and to what extent it’s okay for IBM to force its customers to adopt new technology.
There is no denying that IBM’s Source Entry Utility (SEU) is still in widespread use in the IBM i world. Statistics are tough to come by, but evidence suggests a majority of IBM i developers still use the greenscreen development tool for at least …
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​Want a tough job? Then consider becoming a CIO, who are under enormous pressure to use IT to help their businesses. To better gauge what’s keeping them up at night during a period of economic uncertainty, Rocket Software surveyed 275 senior IT leaders at large companies. The responses might surprise you.
With all the hype surrounding technologies like generative AI, 5G, and virtual reality, it may be a surprise to learn that IT directors and vice presidents of American companies have a largely defensive mindset. Instead of implementing the latest and greatest technologies to leapfrog their competitors, Rocket Software’s …
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​Summer is in full swing in the states, but that hasn’t stopped us from keeping up with all there is to know in the IBM i ecosystem. This week, we’re helping you catch up on some general IBM and computing news, and we’re anticipating some slicing and dicing of the numbers that will come out from IBM’s Q2 on July 19. Watch for the coverage from our very own Timothy Prickett Morgan in an upcoming issue of The Four Hundred. This is also a good time to look through the Calendar below and plug some dates for learning into …
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​It is still pretty quiet out there in when it comes to PTFs for the IBM i platform, excepting two important security vulnerabilities, one of which we reported on in Monday’s issue of The Four Hundred.
To reiterate, first we have Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to an attacker executing CL commands due to an exploitation of DDM architecture (CVE-2023-30990), which you can find out more about here. The IBM i PTF numbers for IBM i 5770-SS1 Base Operating System contain the fix for the vulnerability, as follows:
IBM i Release PTF Number
7.5 SI83472
7.4 SI83473

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