On 13 Nov 2007 13:12:29 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Jim Marshall wrote: >> I have read many discussions here on the topic of management is not >> exploiting the z/OS to it utmost. It maybe has been relegated to doing its >> 1990 work and the web is passing it by. I have quite a few theories why that >> is true but I also have some strategies for showing its worth. These have >> been applied here and did show results. I do believe it when management does >> not want new projects pointed the way of the mainframe which do Web >> Serving, Web Application Servers, JAVA, etc. But one can do some things >> which are entirely proper. >> >> I understand I am my own best customer so I started exploiting the zFS file >> system to store by z/OS documentation. One can argue it is on the Web but >> my focus is Disaster Recovery; what happens if the Internet is not available >> yet. OK, I could use CDROMs or DVDs. But then I have internal documents. So >> I have created a Web Site of our internal documentation; PDFs, WORD, XCel, >> Visio Diagrams, Text files, ZIP Files, etc. We get the HTTP server for free, >> so >> use it. Putting up just static links to documents and showing it around will >> amaze non-IT folks. I have heard, Gee, you can store ASCII files, WORD, >> spreadsheets, etc, on the mainframe amazing ... To us techies, this >> might >> not seem a great feat. One customer of mine created her own documentation >> website called SPIDERWEB with the idea that is a disaster happens, their >> documentation gets recovered too by the mainframe DR Plan; and it does. >> What comes free with z/OS is the IBM tools called IBM Ported Tools for z/OS: >> PHP for z/OS feature (PHP for z/OS) >> >> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/php/index.html >> >> Once we had this all available, then when I would visit a customer area and >> got asked a question, would borrow their PC or have type in our URL and up >> would pop a list of documentation. Then I would make the point that the >> mainframe Server was hosting all this and besides it was recovered in the >> event of disaster; just as all their applications are or could be. >> >> So in the end, there is some things which can be done or maybe only for you >> to do. Even if it does not impress the bosses, it will give you good >> experience >> on how to do it and keep your skills current. So in the end, did I tell >> management of my plans; no. This was just me managing my own system for >> my own use. Was it meant to impress others? Never. But if it did impress >> poeple, then I was amazed. >> >> Jim > ><ad> >Jim, > >You can use any version of z/OS (and even some versions >of OS/390) to host a webserver without paying for >WebSphere or whatever the BEA product is called. I've >been harping on that for years, but find little interest >by IT executives or managers in actually doing it. For the >price of a few days of training we can turn your classic >z/OS applications developers into web-on-z/OS applications >developers. > >Using the free (well, included-in-the-price) z/OS UNIX >System Services, HTTP server, and the language of your >choice. For example: > >"Introduction to z/OS UNIX" - 3 days > > in just 3 days, the students can get around in > the z/OS UNIX world comfortably, including each > student creating their own [small] website hosted > on the z/OS system; optional section on telnet > > > >"Shell Script Programming in z/OS UNIX" - 3 days > > this course extends the above course with more > UNIX commands, how to create and run scripts, > and other useful UNIX skills such as the sed > editor; optional sections on vi > > > >"You and z/OS and the World Wide Web" - 5 days > > this course is an intensive, standards-based > (open source) coverage of skills to create > and maintain sophisticated websites hosted on > you mainframe, without the need to license > WebSphere; lightweight (does not drag down the > system performance) and inexpensive (the HTTP > server comes included with z/OS for no extra > charge) > > > >"Devloping Applications on z/OS UNIX" - 3 days ** > > this course integrates coding programs in the > classic languages, compiling under z/OS UNIX, > and running under a UNIX shell; multi-lingual > (Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, C) > > >Related: a series of courses on how to code and use >CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programs to complement >your z/OS-hosted website; multi-lingual; considering >new courses in Apache, Tomcat, php, ruby, SOA, Web >Services, Ajax, Wikis, and more, as demand / interest >dictate. > >Start here and follow the links: >http://www.trainersfriend.com/UNIX_and_Web_courses/unixcurric.htm
Does this course include how to protect the site from being hijacked or made a relay site. How vulnerable is a z/OS web site that uses just basic tools as described here. A lot of nasty things can be done by scripts. > > ></ad> > > >Kind regards, > >-Steve Comstock >The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > >303-393-8716 >http://www.trainersfriend.com > > z/OS Application development made easier > * Our classes include > + How things work > + Programming examples with realistic applications > + Starter / skeleton code > + Complete working programs > + Useful utilities and subroutines > + Tips and techniques > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
