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Log4j Hits Heritage Version of Navigator for i – No Patch Coming

January 12, 2022 Alex Woodie

IBM i shops running the old version of the Navigator for i client should be aware that the software is vulnerable to the Log4j security vulnerability, and there will be no patch to fix it, IBM says in a new security bulletin. There will, however, be fixes coming to other vulnerable components, including IWS, IAS, and IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), IBM says.

Just before we hit the holiday break, the extremely severe Apache Log4j security vulnerability was disclosed to the world, resulting in a frantic effort to patch servers, desktops, refrigerators – just about anything with a …
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IBM i Community Predictions for 2022, Part 2

January 12, 2022 Alex Woodie

The new year is upon us, which means it’s time for predictions. We continue where we left off on Monday with our second installment of predictions from the IBM i community.

The way Fresche Solutions Chief Product Officer Marcel Sarrasin sees it, 2022 will be a period of heightened competition in the business jungle.

“Technology advancements and changing markets will drive new competitive threats in 2022, creating the urgent need for new digital solutions to help companies thrive, survive and grow,” Sarrasin says. “Focus will be on new IT products and applications that will deliver improved business processes, pave the …
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IBM Delivers a Db2 Mirror Update

January 12, 2022 Alex Woodie

IBM updated its Db2 Mirror continuous availability solution last month with support for ObjectConnect, which shrinks the amount of disk space required to copy objects from one IBM i server to another. It also updated the high-speed networking protocols at the heart of the Db2 Mirror solution, which should improve the security of data flowing over networks and makes Db2 Mirror clusters more feasible over longer distances.

IBM has provided ObjectConnect commands on the IBM i server for years as a way to replicate IBM i objects. The software is useful because it improves the efficiency of copy operations by …
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Four Hundred Monitor, January 12

January 12, 2022 Jenny Thomas

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe anyone is entering the new year without a tiny bit of hope that we may see Covid and all its variants fade into the background of the news cycle. Here in the Jungle, we continue to be grateful to serve the IBM i community and are looking forward to what we hope will be an interesting year for the Power Systems platform, with entry and midrange Power10 machines coming to market. But before we march ahead, just wanted to call some attention to everyone’s favorite Guru Ted Holt, who retired at the end …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 2

January 12, 2022 Doug Bidwell

The Log4j and Log4Shell saga continues here in the second edition of the IBM i PTF Guide in 2022, which is a fast follower to the one we published just two days ago. IBM has issued a new Security Bulletin, explaining that IBM i components are affected by CVE-2021-4104 (Log4j version 1.X), and the full details about the security exposure and mitigation techniques can be found at this link.

Here are the affected products and their versions:
- IBM Navigator for i (heritage version only): IBM i 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 – the heritage version
- Integrated Web Services Server (IWS):
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Log4j Hits Heritage Version of Navigator for i – No Patch Coming

IBM i Community Predictions for 2022, Part 2

IBM Delivers a Db2 Mirror Update

Four Hundred Monitor, January 12

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 2

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