Using SQL to get Network Attributes [email protected] (Simon Hutchinson)

​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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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 28 Doug Bidwell

​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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Four Hundred Monitor, July 12 Jenny Thomas

​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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