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Extend existing RPG assets to a web service-based approach

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IBM Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction (sometimes referred to as RDi
SOA) is a software bundle for IBM System i developers. Because it combines Rational
Developer for Power Systems Software, RPG and COBOL development tools for IBM i (RD
Power) and Rational Business Developer, it offers a complete solution to rapidly extend
existing RPG and COBOL applications to a web or SOA environment. This article describes
a scenario where RDi SOA is used to leverage existing RPG assets and transition to a
services-based approach for delivery of key business functions.

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Java web services: The state of web service security

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WS-Security and related standards provide a wide range of options for web service security. Of this wide range, web services stacks test only a limited number of security configurations, and even fewer configurations for interoperability, on their own. Find out what the industry has done to promote interoperability among web services stacks, and read a summary comparison of how the three main open source Java stacks handle security.

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XSSing the line

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On Tuesday, September 21 a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Twitter became publicly known and was exploited by attackers, as well as many curious copycats with non-malicious intentions. An issue surrounding the parsing of attributes of posted links allowed JavaScript code to be executed whenever a user hovered over a link with the mouse.
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Seeing Past Trojan.Hydraq’s Obfuscation

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While Trojan.Hydraq has been described as sophisticated, the methods used to obfuscate the code are relatively straight forward to deobfuscate.  Trojan.Hydraq has spaghetti code, which is a technique used to make analyzing the code of program more difficult.  The basic blocks of a function are identified, and then completely rearranged so one cannot easily follow the code in a linear fas
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AJAX techniques within a Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL Environment

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This article describes the challenges found when introducing Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) programming techniques into an IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) WebSEAL environment. It provides a brief review of WebSEAL technology and a brief introduction
to AJAX methods. The considerations are outlined for AJAX developers when working with WebSEAL. The potential solutions to issues
that can arise are supplied, along with listing best practices that will assists AJAX developers to succeed in a WebSEAL environment.

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Use PHP scripts to access DB2 UDB for iSeries data with Zend Core for i5/OS

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Learn about PHP database application development on i5/OS using the Zend Core for i5/OS product. Also, learn how to install Zend Core, and deploy and run a PHP script to access data stored in a DB2 UDB for iSeries database.

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