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July 13

WarpGoGo homepage change URL

WarpGoGo - this is a free graphics interface for theGoGo-no-coda MP3 encoder. GoGo uses MMX, 3DNow!, SSE CPU extended instructions. It is a very fast MP3 encoder.

New URL: http://www.os2.cz/ed2

July 12

Updated epm toolbar for epm

I have finally updated my EPM html bar to version 4

EPM html bar is a tool bar for the EPM editor and includes a number of erx EPM Rexx macros. These include the following function highlighting for html file launches Gismo the html cover Apps Launches the current file in you browser, saving it first if needed

and can be found at this address:

http://home.swipnet.se/vpub/os2/files/epmHtmlBar4.zip

I hope the next version (v5) will include

I hope the next version (v5) will include

DDE, and will be written in vx-rexx

Please note that the site is under heavy reconstuction so not many of the images are working and many of the links are broken

Please also note that I am starting a new project, an epm configuration tool, a pm tool to help a user configure different aspects of the editor including highlighting, profile.erx, mycnf.e etc

if anyone has any information on epm and e/erx or requests please et me know

Regards

Adrian Suri

July 12

World Clock 1.2.1

World Clock is freeware, configurable clock for OS/2 with language support for: English, Croatian, German, Swedish, Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Serbian, Slovenian

New in version 1.2.1:
- DUTCH language support
- SERBIAN language support (Latin and Cyrillic)
- SLOVENIAN language support
- 'Stay on top' option - display World Clock above other opened windows - Corrected reading of TZ environment variable used in U.S.A. - Select Monday or Sunday as first day of the week in Calendar - Display holidays in Calendar
- Enabled notes for any date and time
- Display local time for any city without change of 9 selected cities - bug fixes
Features:
- Various date and time display formats (ISO 8601 and country-specific) - Display for each selected city: country, time, date, coordinates (latitude and longitude), sunrise, sunset and day length for current date, Universal Time (UTC) difference, Standard and Daylight Savings time descriptor, TZ environment variable
- Horizontal or vertical arrangement of selected cities, normal or compact display, 'stay on top' option
- Minimized or banner view (display only cities and time)
- Universal date ~time (UDT), Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Internet time ("Swatch beat"), Julian date in title bar
- World time (Standard time in all Time zones) with World map
- Calculate distance between two selected locations on the World map
- Configurable Calendar for current month/year with holidays and notes for selected date and time
- Calculate the TZ environment variable using City properties (all cities in the list have included TZ environment variable) - Selectable position, size, font and fontsize
- Alarm and Program launcher for each city
- Stopwatch
- Add new cities (e.g your own if not in the list), or change city properties

To download World Clock 1.2.1, visit : http://www.os2world.com/goran/index.htm

From: Goran Ivankovic duga1@pu.hinet.hr

July 12

ThirdEye (Kodak Digita, Canon PowerShot, Samsung DigiMax, Fuji MX)

ThirdEye team invites owners of Kodak Digita digital cameras (DC290,..), Canon PowerShot, Samsung Digimax, Fuji MX to testing of new version of ThirdEye.

New version is available for testers only.

Our e-mail: project_thirdeye@os2.ru

http://thirdeye.os2.ru

July 11

Shisen Sho and Mah Jongg 1.10 released

Daniel Valot has updated the games Shisen Sho and Mah Jongg to 1.10

http://dvalot.free.fr/games.htm

July 11

WebSphere EMERGENCY: Application Server Could Stop on July 19, 2001

Dear Friends:

IBM is trying to alert its customers to a potential problem which could affect WebSphere Application Server. To the best of my knowledge, this alert also applies to users of WebSphere Application Server for OS/2 Warp (available through IBM Software Choice).

If you are using the DummyKey Ring provided by IBM with WebSphere, and you have enabled security, you run the risk of stopping WebSphere on July 19, 2001. Read on for more information on how to deal with this potential problem.

If you are not using the IBM-provided DummyKey Ring and/or do not have security enabled, or if you are using WebSphere Application Server for OS/390, please disregard this notice.

THE PROBLEM: The IBM-provided DummyKey Ring in certain releases of WebSphere Application Server has a certificate expiration date of July 19, 2001. WebSphere Application Server releases prior to 3.5.3 or 3.02.4 on all platforms except OS/390 are likely affected. All communications to/from the server will halt when the certificate expires, if security has been enabled. If multiple servers are tied together for communications, all servers must have the same level of unexpired certificates in order to continue functioning.

IDENTIFICATION: The Dummy KeyRing sample certificate expiration on July 19, 2001, will affect you only if ALL of the following conditions are true:

1. Running WebSphere Application Server Version 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2.1, 3.0.2.2, 3.0.2.3, 3.5, 3.5.1, or 3.5.2.

==> Verify by looking in the ...\properties\com\ibm\websphere directory. Look inside the product.properties (3.0.x) or product.xml (3.5.x) file.

2. eFix PQ47370 is NOT applied.

==> Verify by looking in the ...\bin\admin.config file. PQ47370 is not applied if there is no reference to a PQ47370.jar file. (PQ47370 contains an updated sample certificate.)

3. The DummyKeyring sample certificate is being used (rather than using your own secure keyring).

==> Verify by looking in the ...\properties\sas.server.props file. This IBM-provided sample certificate is not being used if there's no reference to the DummyKeyring.

RESOLUTION: Create your own dummy keyring, as explained in the WebSphere InfoCenter in Section 5.5.6.1.5: "Example: Generating and Using Test Certificates."

Other temporary resolutions are possible by installing IBM's updated sample keyring (which has an expiration date of January 19, 2004).

For more information on IBM WebSphere Application Server support, please visit:

http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support.html

NOTE: The sample Dummy Keyring is provided in all WebSphere Application Server releases as a convenience only, for setting up SSL communications on an initial, temporary basis. As documented, use of this sample keyring could compromise security and is not recommended for other than test, development, or internal usage.

IBM encourages customers running WebSphere Application Server for OS/2 Warp to participate in online forums to exchange information on this and other technical support issues. Please feel free to report your experiences with this information to other users in the appropriate newsgroups.
- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM WebSphere ~Business Connect Software (Chicago, IL) and
IBM Consultant to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Wash., DC)

July 11

Opera 5 Beta on Warp Client Reviewed

Folks, I evaluated the Opera 5 Beta for OS/2 on Warp 4.5 (Client 4.0 + FP14) and I'm just publishing an exclusive review about this test, illustrated. Interested people can see it on my website:
http://macarlo.com/
and the direct link is:
http://macarlo.com/opera5os2jul1001.htm

July 11

OS/2 Citrix Client updated

The OS/2 Citrix client has been updated to v6.011 as of 10th July 2001.

From the Citrix website (http://www.citrix.com/)
Version 6.011 English, German and French of the ICA OS/2 Client is now available to download. Version 6.011 supersedes Version 6.01 of the client and includes the added functionality of the Citrix Connection Manager, as well as enhanced color depth and resolution, sound support and 128-bit encryption.
The client can be downloaded from
http://www.citrix.com/download/os2-downloads.htm

Regards,
Paul Smedley - Development Engineer
Dayco Pacific Pty Ltd - South Australian PVC Factory
Lot 15 Hewittson Rd
Elizabeth West, South Australia, 5113
Ph: +61 8 8255 3144 Fax: +61 8 8287 0303
Mobile: 0402 402 277
Email: paul.smedley@dayco.com.au

July 11

IBM PCI Crytographic Coprocessors: More Info

Here's some more information on the IBM PCI Cryptographic Coprocessors:

1. The IBM official announcement letter is 100-002. (You can find IBM announcement letters at the following web site:

http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ibmlink

Click on the "Public Entry" button, then select Announcements.)

2. The IBM list price on the PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor (4758 Model 23) is $2690. An optional battery for the card is $50. (Again, these are intended for high security and/or high volume transactions, such as popular e-commerce web sites.) The software is available at no extra charge.

This price is quite reasonable if you're purchasing a server designed to handle secure transactions and communications. By offloading the work from the main processor, you can perhaps buy a less powerful server and still perform more work.

3. These adapters meet the FIPS Pub 140-1 standard for commercial cryptographic devices. The Model 23 meets level 3 of the standard, and the Model 2 meets level 4 of the standard. You can view a copy of the FIPS 140-1 standard here:

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-1/fips1401.pdf

In layperson's terms, both these adapters have been physically "hardened," so that they are tamper-proof. If someone gains unauthorized access to the PCI adapter itself, any encryption keys stored on the adapter will be erased. Level 4 offers more rigorous tamper protections than level 3.

IBM's 4758 is the first device to achieve the full level 4 FIPS 140-1 certification. The U.S. Treasury Bureau of the Public Debt uses the IBM 4758 adapter. (When you buy U.S. savings bonds, the 4758 adapter is involved in helping secure the transaction.)

4. The Model 13 (FIPS 140-1 level 3) is $1700 list, and the Model 1 (FIPS 140-1 level 4) is $2000. These earlier models (still available) have less powerful processors but can still do plenty of computation. Refer to IBM announcements 199-279 and 197-142 for the capabilities of these adapters.

5. There are export restrictions on some of this technology, depending on the key length (and encryption strength). The 4758 adapter can be ordered with the appropriate capabilities. (With changes to U.S. law, export of these products is now easier.)

6. There's an open source Linux device driver for the IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor Adapter. Visit this web site for more information:

http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/4758

And here's one for OpenBSD:

http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/ibm4758.html

7. Here's some information on an "attack" against the IBM 4758 (along with IBM's response):

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mkb23/research.html

While obviously this information will not be useful to everyone, I thought some of you might want to learn more about the rich security features available for eComStation and OS/2 Warp using this PCI adapter. Be prepared for some really dense reading (particularly at that last web site). :-)

If anyone has any follow-up reports on experiences with the IBM 4758, I think we'd all be very interested.
- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM WebSphere ~Business Connect Software (Chicago, IL) and
IBM Consultant to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Wash., DC)

July 10

Cryptographic Coprocessor for eComStation and OS/2 Warp

IBM offers a very special product for supporting high-capacity web servers called the IBM 4758 Cryptographic Coprocessor. This PCI adapter works with a variety of operating systems, including eComStation and OS/2 Warp. The IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) is supported on these operating systems, providing a wide variety of encryption-related programming services.

Using this adapter, you can dramatically increase the throughput of SSL-based secure transactions for banking, e-commerce, and other tasks. Support software is available to access the cryptographic services on this adapter (and offload encryption calculations from the main processor). For example, it would be interesting to add support for this coprocessor to Apache running on eComStation or OS/2 Warp.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/index.shtml

Sample source code can be found here:

ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/cryptocards/perftest.zip

Here's a quick summary of the services provided by the IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA):
- DES (with Model 002/023 triple-DES data confidentiality)
- DES message authentication and RSA digital signatures
- SHA-1, MD5, and with Model 002/023 RIPEMD160, and MDC-2 and MDC-4 hashing - DES and RSA key management, RSA keys to 2048 bit-length
- SET Secure Electronic Transaction services
- Key diversification for smart card applications
- Finance-industry PIN processing and related services
- Custom extensions using the UDX toolkit
- - - - -
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM WebSphere ~Business Connect Software (Chicago, IL) and
IBM Consultant to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Wash., DC)

July 10

Notebook/2 list change

The Notebook/2 Site - http://www.drmartinus.de/notebook2/notebook.htm

it finally happens: Micro$oft who took over the listbot service long time ago, will discontinue this free service. Thanks to this change, we'll get away from listbot and Micro$oft. In future, the Notebook/2 site's announcement list is at nb2announce@yahoogroups.com

I request you to subscribe to this group by sending a message to nb2announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You do not need to unsubscribe from this list at listbot, it will be taken care of (there will be no further message from this list, in future I'll use the list at yahoogroups).

Thanks for your continued support!

Dr. Martinus

July 10

CD-RW, DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM File System Support, Version 1.5

IBM has released an updated UDF.IFS version 1.5

This software package provides full CD-RW, DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM file system support for OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business and Convenience Packages.

http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/186d96ebef23e6438625689c007ac1ef/4b2e6f2261265d6d86256a810069fe2b?OpenDocument

You need a Software Choice account to get acces to the driver

July 09

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 - BETA 40
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SciTech Display Doctor 7.0.6 for OS/2
PREVIEW RELEASE 40
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Where do you get it?
--------------------

You can download SciTech Display Doctor 7.0.6 for OS/2 BETA 40 from our ftp site using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/sdd-os2-7.0.6-b40.exe
What's new:
-----------
. All remaining changes are now tracked on the web. Public changes are tracked at the following URL:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd2_changes.txt
About SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2
-------------------------------------

SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven universal device driver technologies to the OS/2 operating system. SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 incorporates the SciTech Nucleus Graphics Architecture, which is a cross platform device driver technology enabling the use of the same device drivers in all versions of SciTech Display Doctor. Sharing the drivers between platforms improves the quality and performance of device drivers for all supported operating systems.

For more detailed information about SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2 (including the list of supported graphics chipsets) see the complete readme at:

ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/sdd/beta/os2/readme.txt

July 09

ZxMail refreshed to v1.0.3 and modifed minimum requirements.

in this release:

Fixed I recompiled the code without optimization, since optimisation made a bug in the pop3 server.

The minimum requirements have been modified. previously the 32bit stack was required. changed this for v4.02y of the stack (as reported by inetver) it may be possible to run with a lower version of the stack, but v4,02y is the minimum level known to work. basically if you have the file so32dll.dll in the mptn\dll dir then ZxMail should work.

http://www.zeryx.com

July 09

Styler/2 1.6.4 released

Finally, Alessandro Cantatore has released an updated version of his incredible WPS enhancer, Styler/2, aka SmartWindows. A special edition of Styler/2 with minor features is a major part of the coming eCS' new look and feel, so if you want some eye candy plus tons of functional enhancements right now, you should take a look at this. Moreover, with this version Alessandro has put several language specific versions on Hobbes, which cover English, Italian, Russian, and German. Besides this, the enhancements over the prior version are as follows:
* Various minor bug fixes, performance improvements and updates. Hopefully some previously misbehaving applications now should work correctly.
* New titlebar bitmaps
* A new titlebar button theme by Don Eitner
* A new close titlebar button by Marco Cassili

Alessandro is currently still working at Styler/2 version 2. He's completely re-writing it, and a first alpha version of Styler/2 v.2 should be available in few days.

I am running Styler/2 for about two years now and I surely never want have to miss it again! Please note that Styler/2 is Shareware and will disable itself after the trial period has exceeded. Please consider supporting the Styler/2 development if you like this product!

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=smw164

July 09

Confirmed Speakers at Warpstock 2001

Aside from the fact that you'll never hear the words, "OS/2? What's that?", the biggest reason for coming to Warpstock 2001 is to attend presentations from OS/2 experts around the world. To whet you're appetite, the Warpstock 2001 Event Team is pleased to announce several prominent speakers for this year's Warpstock conference.

In alphabetical order:

Gregory Bourassa will talk about XML in "XML processing on the OS/2 platform." Topics include an overview of XML and its applications, a survey of OS/2-compatible tools, and an example of creating and using an XML document.

Rainer Feuerstein will show you how to make your own CDs that can boot and load OS/2, even the WPS, in "Bootable CD-ROM's". Topics include support for LAN Requester and multiple configurations. This presentation is a must-see for all CD burner owners!

Patrick Gleason will show you how do implement proper multithreading in your Internet-enabled software in "Design of Multithreaded Internet Applications". Examples include a web server, an SMTP server, and a telnet client.

Achim Hasenmueller brings us up-to-speed with the coolest OS/2 tool in "ODIN - update and tips ~tricks." He then proceeds to show you how to decrease server downtime in "Co-StandyServer for e-business". If you're curiosity isn't yet piqued, then you definitely need to attend, "The Super-Secret-Project".

Richard Hawkins shows you everything you need to get the Internet-to-go in "Introduction to Wireless LANs (802.11b)." This presentation is a must-see for any laptop owner. Developers would behoove themselves to also see Richard in "Perl for Programmers", an introduction to the Perl scripting language on OS/2. Last, but not least, learn what it takes to support OS/2 in large-scale implementations when Richard talks

Uwe Hintz helps you connect printers to your LAN in "External Printservers and OS/2". The presentation concludes with recommendations.

Oliver Mark talks about the latest versions of OS/2 client and server in "Convience Pac 2" and "WorkSpace On-Demand V3" (with Oliver Stein). Anyone interested in learning about these new releases from IBM should definitely attend.

Alain Rykaert helps you implement large-scale roll-outs of OS/2 in "CID: Software Distribution" and "LSMT: LAN Server Management Tools". Both presentations cover several tools written by Alain that automate the roll-out process.

Darrell Spice, the OS/2 gamer's best friend, talks about emulation software for OS/2, including the numerous gaming system emulators that he himself has written.

Oliver Stein talks about the latest hardware support available in "OS/2 Device Driver Update." This important presentations brings you up-to-date on which new devices are supported under OS/2. Mr. Stein also helps his co-worker Oliver Mark in "WorkSpace On-Demand V3."

This list is by no means complete, but it certainly is impressive, considering that Warpstock 2001 is still three months away. More information on these speakers can be found at http://www.warpstock.org/2001/presentations/presenters.html

Everyone is invited to submit his or her own presentation proposals using the web form at http://www.warpstock.org/2001/presentations/presenter_form.html or by sending E-mail to the Event Team.

And don't forget - you can now register for Warpstock 2001, either online or via mail-in check. Just go to http://www.warpstock.org/2001/registration/registration.html for details.

The 5th annual Warpstock conference will be held October 6-8, 2001, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is produced by Warpstock, Inc., a North Carolina non-profit corporation. The Warpstock annual conference is a gathering of OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More information is available at the Warpstock 2001 website, http://www.warpstock.org.

From: Luc Van Bogaert luc.vanbogaert@pandora.be

July 08

Paper on TCP/IP 4.1+ packet filter

Hi everyone,

I'd like to let you know that I've put the preliminary version of my paper on the TCP/IP 4.1+ packet filter on-line. I hope you'll find it useful.

Kofa

http://emil.alarmix.org/kofa/articles/firewall/fw_eng.html

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