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DATE 950619
CATEGORY GD00, GD70, CM00, CM30, WS00, WS20, WS25, WS50, LS00, LS50
TITLE PREVIEW: INTERNET CONNECTION FAMILY OF PRODUCTS
ABSTRACT *-------------------------------------------------------------------*
| IN BRIEF . . . |
IBM Internet Connection Family of Products continues to
be expanded with new functions across multiple platforms. The
new functions will allow you to:
o Do business transactions on the Internet using the
encryption and authentication security features to be
available with AIX and OS/2 Warp servers and clients.
o Explore the Internet from AIX with the WebExplorer.
o Host your own Web home pages on MVS/ESA.
o Access DB2 data and CICS transaction systems from a Web
client.
o Use the Internet functions on new hardware technologies.
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IBM continues to expand its family of Internet Connection
products. These new products and functions will allow businesses
(and individuals) to take advantage of the vast information and
services available on the Internet. IBM plans to provide the
following new Internet Connection functions:
o The emerging security standards, Secure HyperText Transport
Protocol (S-HTTP) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), for the
Internet Connection Servers for AIX (R) and OS/2 (R) Warp.
o An Internet Connection Server for MVS/ESA (TM).
o A Web browser for AIX that will provide similar capabilities
available today in IBM's powerful WebExplorer for OS/2 Warp. A
secure WebExplorer for AIX and OS/2 Warp will also be provided.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) 3.0 table support will be
available for both AIX and OS/2 Warp.
o An integrated DB2 (R) World Wide Web gateway for AIX, OS/2 Warp,
and MVS/ESA which will provide access to DB2 data.
o An integrated CICS (TM) gateway for AIX and OS/2 Warp to access
and run existing and new CICS transaction processing applications
and to enable CICS applications to the World Wide Web.
o The IBM WebExplorer for OS/2 Warp Connect (PowerPC (TM) Edition).
o The IBM Internet Connection Server for AIX will be supported on a
range of systems supported by AIX which includes the low-end,
RS/6000 (TM), up through the scalable parallel server, SP2 (TM).
Additionally, the Internet Connection Server for AIX will be
supported on the Power Series (TM) Family.
Previews provide insight into IBM plans and direction.
General availability, prices, ordering information, and terms and
conditions will be provided when the product is announced.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
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OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION
Today, IBM provides a comprehensive set of Internet products
that gives you quick and easy access to the Information Highway. IBM
will continue to expand it's family of Internet products to make it
even easier to access and do business on the Internet.
INTERNET CONNECTION SECURE SERVER FOR AIX AND OS/2 WARP
In order to conduct commerce over the Internet, it is
important to ensure that the transactions are secure. To provide
maximum flexibility in secure environments, IBM's Internet Connection
Secure Servers for AIX and OS/2 Warp will support the emerging
standards, Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) and Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL). These security technologies ensure that
information is encrypted for privacy and arrives at its intended
destinations.
An upgrade package will be available for these secure servers
to users who purchased the IBM Internet Connection Server for AIX or
OS/2 Warp.
IBM SECURE WEBEXPLORER FOR AIX AND OS/2 WARP
To provide secure commerce on the Internet, both the clients
and servers need to support the security protocols. The IBM Secure
WebExplorer for AIX and the IBM Secure WebExplorer for OS/2 Warp will
support S-HTTP and SLL. These technologies ensure that information
is encrypted and arrives safely at its intended destination.
IBM WEBEXPLORER FOR AIX
For users of AIX who want to explore the Internet, IBM will
provide WebExplorer. The WebExplorer for AIX will have similar
capabilities as the powerful IBM WebExplorer that is available today
for OS/2 Warp.
IBM INTERNET CONNECTION SERVER FOR MVS/ESA
IBM plans to offer a Web Server for MVS/ESA. The MVS Web
Server will include an application interface using the Common Gateway
Interface (CGI). The CGI enables access to other MVS application
programs, databases, and transaction management systems.
The MVS/ESA Web Server will exploit and depend on OpenEdition
(TM) services in MVS/ESA SP Version 5 Release 2.2. An OpenEdition
transport provider such as IBM TCP/IP Version 3 Release 1 for MVS or
ACF/VTAM (R) Version 4 Release 3 AnyNet (TM)/MVS feature is also
required. The repository for resources (HTML pages) is the
Hierarchical File System.
AN INTEGRATED CICS GATEWAY FOR IBM INTERNET CONNECTION SERVER
FOR OS/2 WARP
The goal of the integrated CICS gateway is to make it easier
to develop and run transaction processing applications on the
Internet and to enable CICS applications to the World Wide Web. The
CICS gateway will make it possible to access and run many existing
and new CICS applications using standard World Wide Web browsers, for
example, IBM's WebExplorer for OS/2 Warp or AIX. Typically, no
changes are needed in the CICS applications, nor is any application
code required for the CICS gateway itself. It is not usually
necessary to recompile the CICS application nor to recompile the CICS
Basic Mapping Support (BMS) maps.
The CICS gateway makes CICS applications available on the
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World Wide Web by generating standard HTML for the application. The
CICS gateway can also be used to provide an alternative user
interface for CICS applications within a corporation as well as
across the Internet. Initially, the CICS gateway will be available
on OS/2 and AIX. For more information about the CICS Gateway, see
Software Announcement 295-280, dated June 19, 1995.
AN INTEGRATED DB2 WORLD WIDE WEB GATEWAY FOR IBM INTERNET
CONNECTION SERVER FOR AIX, OS/2 WARP, AND MVS/ESA
From a Web browser a user will be able to get access to DB2
data. IBM will provide an integrated DB2 World Wide Web gateway for
AIX, OS/2 Warp, and MVS/ESA. This DB2 Web gateway will enable the
development of Web applications without requiring a proprietary
language, data encapsulation or data base reformatting. The
application developer will be able to combine dynamic SQL and forms
built with HTML to access a DB2 database.
When you are ready to conduct business on the Internet, you
will want the flexibility of applications built with the DB2 Web
gateway combined with the secure environment offered by IBM Internet
Connection Secure Server for AIX and OS/2 Warp. For more information
about the DB2 Web gateway support, see Software Announcement 295-279,
dated June 19, 1995.
IBM will continue to extend its Internet Connection products
across even more platforms by providing:
o IBM will support the IBM WebExplorer for OS/2 Warp Connect
(PowerPC Edition).
o The IBM Internet Connection Server for AIX will be supported on a
range of systems supported by AIX which includes the low-end,
RS/6000, up through the scalable parallel server, SP2.
Additionally, the Internet Connection Server for AIX will be
supported on the IBM Power Series Family.
The announcement and availability of the referenced functions
will be based on IBM's business and technical judgement.
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