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  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 37

    September 19, 2018 Doug Bidwell

    The Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution vulnerabilities are the gift that keeps on giving in terms of security worries and hurried patches, and this week in the IBM i PTF Guide is yet another demonstration of this fact.

    See this link for full details on the new fixes, and check the tab in the Guide for SpectreMeltdown, which is new new.

    There are new fixes for PEX and Job Watcher on V7R3, check here for details.

    The Tech Refreshes are out, finally, for V7R3 and V7R2. Check the TR tab in the Guide for further information.

    Links this week: Sorry, there are none – but thanks for checking in!

    At a glance: Whoops, new defectives this week (9/15), and that last stretch was 4 months, 18 days. Does anyone know what the record would be?

    	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
    	Date		PTF			PTF
    	--------	--------	-------	-------
    7.3	09/14/18	MF65195		MA47274	MF65330
    
    7.2	09/14/18	MF65194		MA47274	MF65194
    
    7.1	04/26/18	MF64827		MA47056	MF64936 (Nothing changed here)
    

    Be sure to access the link in the Guide for further details!

    Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

    September 15, 2018: Volume 20, Number 37

    September 8, 2018: Volume 20, Number 36

    September 1, 2018: Volume 20, Number 35

    August 25, 2018: Volume 20, Number 34

    August 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 33

    August 11, 2018: Volume 20, Number 32

    August 4, 2018: Volume 20, Number 31

    July 28, 2018: Volume 20, Number 30

    July 21, 2018: Volume 20, Number 29

    July 14, 2018: Volume 20, Number 28

    July 7, 2018: Volume 20, Number 27

    June 30, 2018: Volume 20, Number 26

    June 23, 2018: Volume 20, Number 25

    June 16, 2018: Volume 20, Number 24

    June 9, 2018: Volume 20, Number 23

    June 2, 2018: Volume 20, Number 22

    May 19, 2018: Volume 20, Number 20

    May 12, 2018: Volume 20, Number 19

    May 5, 2018: Volume 20, Number 18

    April 28, 2018: Volume 20, Number 17

    April 21, 2018: Volume 20, Number 16

    April 14, 2018: Volume 20, Number 15

    April 7, 2018: Volume 20, Number 14

    March 31, 2018: Volume 20, Number 13

    March 24, 2018: Volume 20, Number 12

    March 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 11

    March 10, 2018: Volume 20, Number 10

    March 3, 2018: Volume 20, Number 09

    February 24, 2018: Volume 20, Number 08

    February 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 07

    February 10, 2018: Volume 20, Number 06

    February 3, 2018: Volume 20, Number 05

    January 27, 2018: Volume 20, Number 04

    January 20, 2018: Volume 20, Number 03

    January 13, 2018: Volume 20, Number 02

    January 3, 2018: Volume 20, Number 01

    December 30, 2017: Volume 19, Number 52

    December 23, 2017: Volume 19, Number 51

    December 16, 2017: Volume 19, Number 50

    December 9, 2017: Volume 19, Number 49

    December 2, 2017: Volume 19, Number 48

    November 18, 2017: Volume 19, Number 46

    November 11, 2017: Volume 19, Number 45

    November 4, 2017: Volume 19, Number 44

    October 28, 2017: Volume 19, Number 43

    October 21, 2017: Volume 19, Number 42

    October 14, 2017: Volume 19, Number 41

    October 7, 2017: Volume 19, Number 40

    September 30, 2017: Volume 19, Number 39

    September 23, 2017: Volume 19, Number 38

    September 16, 2017: Volume 19, Number 37

    September 9, 2017: Volume 19, Number 36

    September 2, 2017: Volume 19, Number 35

    August 26, 2017: Volume 19, Number 34

    August 19, 2017: Volume 19, Number 33

    August 12, 2017: Volume 19, Number 32

    August 5, 2017: Volume 19, Number 31

    July 29, 2017: Volume 19, Number 30

    July 22, 2017: Volume 19, Number 29

    July 15, 2017: Volume 19, Number 28

    July 1, 2017: Volume 19, Number 26

    June 24, 2017: Volume 19, Number 25

    June 17, 2017: Volume 19, Number 24

    June 10, 2017: Volume 19, Number 23

    June 3, 2017: Volume 19, Number 22

    May 27, 2017: Volume 19, Number 21

    May 20, 2017: Volume 19, Number 20

    May 13, 2017: Volume 19, Number 19

    May 6, 2017: Volume 19, Number 18

    April 29, 2017: Volume 19, Number 17

    April 22, 2017: Volume 19, Number 16

    April 15, 2017: Volume 19, Number 15

    April 8, 2017: Volume 19, Number 14

    April 1, 2017: Volume 19, Number 13

    March 25, 2017: Volume 19, Number 12

    March 18, 2017: Volume 19, Number 11

    March 11, 2017: Volume 19, Number 10

    March 4, 2017: Volume 19, Number 9

    February 25, 2017: Volume 19, Number 8

    February 18, 2017: Volume 19, Number 7

    February 11, 2017: Volume 19, Number 6

    February 4, 2017: Volume 19, Number 5

    January 28, 2017: Volume 19, Number 4

    January 21, 2017: Volume 19, Number 3

    January 14, 2017: Volume 19, Number 2

    January 7, 2017: Volume 19, Number 1

    December 24, 2016: Volume 18, Number 52

    December 17, 2016: Volume 18, Number 51

    December 10, 2016: Volume 18, Number 50

    December 3, 2016: Volume 18, Number 49

    November 26, 2016: Volume 18, Number 48

    November 19, 2016: Volume 18, Number 47

    November 12, 2016: Volume 18, Number 46

    November 5, 2016: Volume 18, Number 45

    October 29, 2016: Volume 18, Number 44

    October 22, 2016: Volume 18, Number 43

    October 15, 2016: Volume 18, Number 42

    October 8, 2016: Volume 18, Number 41

    October 1, 2016: Volume 18, Number 40

    September 24, 2016: Volume 18, Number 39

    September 17, 2016: Volume 18, Number 38

    September 10, 2016: Volume 18, Number 37

    September 3, 2016: Volume 18, Number 36

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