1289 CustomerOpenVMSTimes 10/3/01 2:11 PM Page 1 Compaq and Intel accelerate JulyJuly - September - September 2001 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 enterprise server roadmaps.............1 OpenVMS in the news........................2 CompaqCompaq DEF CON 9 Hacker’s Convention declares OpenVMS “cool” and “unhackable” ......................................3 Announcing Compaq C++ version 6.3 for OpenVMSOpenVMS OpenVMS Alpha ..................................3 Terry Shannon on OpenVMS .............4 Mark your calendar! DECUS France Symposium ............5 TimesTimes OpenVMS IPv6 Starter Kit now available......................................5 New EV68 CPU adds even more punch to OpenVMS AlphaServer systems ..........................5 5GM Ltd. announces New! Compaq Availability Compaq and Intel accelerate Manager v2.0 ......................................6 enterprise server roadmaps Working together: BMC Software and Compaq OpenVMS......................7 On 25 June 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation and Intel® Corporation announced a multi-year agreement that accelerates 5GM Ltd. announces availability of next-generation enterprise servers based on the Intel telex and fax support for Itanium™ processor family. Compaq will transfer key enterprise ALL-IN-1/Office Server .......................7 processor technology to Intel and consolidate its entire 64-bit OptimalJ supports OpenVMS............8 server family on the Itanium™ architecture. Hits on OpenVMS Times Web site growing exponentially...............8 The companies will work together to expand marketplace adoption of the Itanium™ processor family. Compaq will build on that high- New partner Twobyfour Software volume platform to provide its customers with unparalleled enables genuine 24 x 7 price/performance. Service Level Agreements .................8 OpenVMS Portal makes This technology and marketing agreement joins Compaq’s advanced software shopping easier..................9 systems engineering expertise and large installed base with Intel’s Future looks good for leading microprocessor design and world-class volume manufacturing OpenVMS and PowerTerm capabilities. Compaq will develop the broadest family of server products Host Publisher...................................10 — from supercomputers to Web servers — that all operate on a single Oracle questions of the month......10 microprocessor architecture: the Itanium™ architecture. Compaq Tip #1 from the OpenVMS customers will benefit from the Performance Expertise Center .......11 most advanced system designs at Tip #2 from the OpenVMS the lowest possible cost with Performance Expertise Center .......12 complete investment protection. Compaq OpenVMS Times 1 1289 CustomerOpenVMSTimes 10/3/01 2:11 PM Page 2 July - September 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 OpenVMS strategy going forward: > Core Compaq OpenVMS™ strategy remains unchanged OpenVMS in the news > Continued development and enhancements Northrop Grumman, one of our key government of OpenVMS partners, issued a press release 6 August 2001 announcing the ahead-of-schedule delivery of the > OpenVMS development tools and binary compatibility Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System will be available to ISVs prior to volume release of (Joint STARS) production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. OpenVMS on Itanium-based systems. All OpenVMS OpenVMS AlphaServer systems were part of this recognized leadership features and characteristics announcement: planned for 2004 “Northrop Grumman Delivers 11th Joint STARS > Compaq AlphaServer™ system clustering capabilities Aircraft, The First With Commercial-Off-The-Shelf and benefits today will be compatible with Compaq Technology.” See www.irconnect.com/noc/press/ Itanium-based servers tomorrow for the press release. > Continued full support of all AlphaServer platforms At the same time, Compaq issued a press release announcing the Joint STARS effort as well as other > Long planning window to ensure that customers Compaq government wins: maximize their investments moving forward “Off-the-Shelf Compaq AlphaServer Systems Power “The bottom line is we are creating great customer Sophisticated Military Airborne Surveillance System.” value,” said Michael Capellas, Chairman and CEO of See press release at: Compaq.“Our move to the Itanium architecture www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr20010806 provides customers and independent software vendors 02.html with the most compelling roadmap to next-generation server technology. Customers Press coverage on this exciting announcement included: get increased performance, price/performance and appli- Informationweek.com, 8 August 2001 cation support. This www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010808S0007 reinforces our commitment to customer investment protec- The Telegraph Online, 8 August 2001 tion as well as providing the www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=27 best path for future growth.We &SubSectionID=357&ArticleID=37912 believe Intel’s architecture is the best choice for the enterprise, In other news: and for our customers this is On 26 July 2001, Raxco Software, an OpenVMS system truly the best of both worlds.” management partner, announced the release of its latest version of Performance Suite and Raxco AlphaServer roadmap Support Suite for OpenVMS. Their press release, Compaq will continue implementing the AlphaServer “Raxco Software Announces New Compaq OpenVMS roadmap per the current plan-of-record, delivering Release of Its Leading System Management Software” improved performance and faster implementations details this announcement and can be found at: of the Compaq Alpha™ microprocessor with EV7 and www.raxco.com/new/show_details.cfm?NewsItemID EV79 versions. In July, Compaq announced the upgrade =134&type=1 of the current high-end AlphaServer GS series with a 1 GHz Alpha processor (see the following article.) For more information on the AlphaServer roadmap and OpenVMS plans, please view the presentation, Building Your Business’ Future with Compaq OpenVMS, delivered by Mark Gorham, Vice President of the OpenVMS Group at CETS2001: www.openvms.compaq.com/presentations/ openvmsstrategy.htm Compaq OpenVMS Times 2 1289 CustomerOpenVMSTimes 10/3/01 2:11 PM Page 3 July - September 2001 Volume 2/Number 3 contest. The rest of the hacker teams also gave the DEF CON 9 Hackers’ server “props” (kudos) as well because they were not Convention declares able to “root” the system or break in. Steve Smiley of the DFWCUG delivered a security white OpenVMS “cool” and paper on what was learned about the hackers’ attacks “unhackable” at CETS 2001 in Anaheim, California this month. For more information, see the DFWCUG Quadwords DEF CON, a military term that refers to escalating mili- newsletter at www.dfwcug.org/ tary conflict conditions, is also the name of a computer Also visit www.defcon.org/, www.pointsecure.com/ hackers’ group that meets every year in Las Vegas. At the and www.cets2001.com/ DEF CON 9 convention, hackers from around the world get together to swap ideas, test and hone their hacker skills, and learn new techniques by playing a game Announcing C++ version 6.3 called Capture the Flag. for OpenVMS Alpha systems To many professionals in the computer business, taking an OpenVMS system to a place where 4,300 hackers can Compaq Computer Corporation is pleased to announce try to break in for two and a half days is analogous to the availability of Compaq C++ version 6.3 for OpenVMS walking into a back street bar and flashing money Alpha systems, which began shipping to customers on around before stepping into the alley for some night air! 20 August 2001. Three members of the Dallas Ft. Worth Compaq User Compaq C++ v6.3 is the most ANSI/ISO compliant C++ Group (the DFWCUG) decided to take an OpenVMS system implementation in the industry.This new version contains to DEF CON 9 and play Capture the Flag. The contender many new features to improve both programmer produc- was a Compaq AlphaStation™ 4/233 system with 512 tivity and application performance. megabytes of memory, OpenVMS v.7.2-1H1 operating system, TCP/IP 5.0a, Apache, and Point Secure security Highlights of this new version include: software. All software was standard and installed out-of- the-box. Also loaded onto the system were a few added > Conformance to all elements of the ANSI/ISO C++ services such as WEBserver pages, interactive Telnet international standard, with the exception of sepa- accounts for any hackers who logged into the OpenVMS rate compilation of template definitions using the system to hack from the inside, and a public “Games” keyword “export” account for hackers who got tired of hacking! > Improved performance for multi-threaded applications For two and a half days, the hackers bombarded the server with different TCP/IP attacks and some internal attacks > Support for the GNU dialect for developing portable — but none of them was able to break the security or applications hack into the OpenVMS server. Throughout the event, Point Secure Software’s System Detective Product recorded > 64-bit pointer support every attack and every keystroke, and gave the system an extra layer of protection from the hackers! The following documentation is available for Compaq C++ v6.3: On the last day of the event, during the last half hour of the Capture the Flag contest, the judges put a note > The C++ Programming Language, Third Edition on the scoreboard that they thought the “OpenVMS system was virtually unhackable.” Immediately, all hack- > Compaq C Runtime Library Reference Manual ing attempts against the AlphaStation system ceased. For the