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| This page contains recent and forthcoming additions of note to Model 204 documentation.
| | ==Recent M204 Versions== |
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| | ===[[Release notes for Model 204 version 8.0|Release notes for Model 204 V8.0]]=== |
| | | ===[[Release notes for Model 204 version 7.9|Release notes for Model 204 V7.9]]=== |
| ==RKTools Version 7.7== | | ===[[Release notes for Model 204 version 7.8|Release notes for Model 204 V7.8]]=== |
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| RKTools 7.7 is commercially available in July, 2017.
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| The main features in this release are summarized below and described in greater detail in the [[Release notes for RKTools V7.7]].</p>
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| ===Web interface===
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| New in version 7.7 is [[RKWeb]], an easy-to-use web interface for managing the entire Model 204 environment. The RKWeb tools framework provides a highly productive web interface to common Model 204 functionality.</p>
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| RKWeb is mobile-ready and provides a task-based UI for SOUL application development. Using RKWeb utilities, you can:</p>
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| <li>Build applications</li>
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| <li>Manage SOUL code, passwords, groups, and SSL Certificates</li>
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| <li>Monitor performance</li>
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| RKWeb also includes a journal scanner, command interface, and readers for [[SirTune]] reports and [[SirFact]] dumps.</p>
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| ===Ease of installation===
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| As of version 7.7, all code for all Rocket-provided, SOUL-based products and utilities resides in the M204PROC file. This includes all the [[Dictionary/204 overview|Dictionary/204]] components (SUBSYSMGMT, FILEMGMT, etc.), all the [[SQL Server overview|SQL Server]] support code, and all code for the former UL/SPF products such as [[SirPro]], [[SirMon]], and [[SirScan]].</p>
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| ===Security===
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| In version 7.7, JANSSL ([[Janus Network Security]]) is integrated with the other components in the RKWeb interface. Its operation is the same as before, and it is available without RKWeb from a Janus port as before. </p>
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| V7.7 JANSSL also includes support for SHA2 SSL Certificates, including SHA384.</p>
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| ===Integration of Dictionary/204===
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| As of version 7.7, Dictionary/204 is integrated into RKTools, and it is accessible through both the RKTools and RKWeb interfaces, as well as from the Model 204 command line as before.</p>
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| ===SQL Server utilities===
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| As of RKTools 7.7, the RKWeb interface makes available the [[SQL catalog#Using the SQL catalog|SQL Server]] Table Specification facility (TSF) and the catalog reporting utility (CCACATREPT).</p>
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| ===Downloading instructions===
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| To download RKTools version 7.7:</p>
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| <li>Navigate to the [https://m204.rocketsoftware.com/maint/ullist?nickname=ROCKET SOUL files for Rocket Software] page.</li>
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| <li>Provide security credentials when prompted.</li>
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| <li>Locate the RKTools V7.7 link and click its <b>Download procfile</b> link.</li>
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| ==Janus/TN3270 Debugger Build 66 and 67==
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| On July 5, 2017, Build 67 of the Janus/TN3270 Debugger Client was released.
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| On April 3, 2017, Build 66 was released.
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| When Build 66 is used with Model 204 version 7.7, you can configure automatic creation of a new Client log file on a daily basis to prevent excessive growth of the log. You can also turn logging off.
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| Build 67 lets you specify how many days worth of previous Client logs to retain. The new daily log is always named <code>log.txt</code>; the names of previous daily logs include their creation dates.
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| Build 67 also lets you relocate and optionally rename the installed default locations of the Debugger Client Help file, its PDF-file representation, or both.
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| See the Debugger <var class="book">[[Media:JdebugrNew.pdf|User's Guide]]</var> for details (Builds 66 and 67 in the "Release Notes" chapter).
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| ==Model 204 Version 7.7== | |
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| Model 204 7.7 is commercially available in January, 2017.
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| The main features in this release are summarized below and described in greater detail in the [[Release notes for Model 204 version 7.7]].
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| <tr class="head"><th>Category</th>
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| <td>Performance</td>
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| <li>Continued expansion of 64-bit addressability. See [[#Elimination of BTB buffers|Elimination of BTB buffers]]. </li>
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| <li>Greater zIIP processor availability: M204 HPO and Fast/Unload HPO. See [[#zIIP exploitation|zIIP exploitation]]. </li>
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| <li>zIIP load tuning. See [[#MPDELAY and MPDELAYZ (new)|MPDELAYZ]], [[#SCHDOFLS (new)|SCHDOFLS]], [[#SCHDOPT (change to X'20' bit processing)|SCHDOPT]]. </li>
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| <li>Essential removal of application limits on the [[#Increase in request limit for number of images, screens, and menus|number of images, screens, and menus]].</li>
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| <li>Support for large data sets (as many as 16 million tracks) for the Model 204 Checkpoint facility [[Checkpoints: Storing before-images of changed pages#Creating the CHKPOINT.2FCHKPNT .28and CHKPNTS.29 data set|CHKPOINT or CHKPNTS data sets]]. See [[System and media recovery#ROLL BACK processing.2C Pass 2|ROLL BACK processing, Pass 2]].</li>
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| <td>Security</td>
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| <li>Stronger cryptographic algorithms: SHA-384, SHA-512. See [[#"SSL" String methods|"SSL" String methods]], [[#New DigestAlgorithm values|New DigestAlgorithm values]], and [[#New default certificate-signing algorithm|New default certificate-signing algorithm]]. </li>
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| <li>Longer RSA keys (as many as 4096 bits). See [[#Janus Network Security ciphers and private keys|Janus Network Security ciphers and private keys]]. </li>
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| <li>Support for [[#Long password support|longer and mixed-case login passwords]]. </li>
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| <td nowrap>Add-on enhancements</td>
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| <li>A more versatile Fast/Unload through [[#Integration of Fast/Unload with the Online load module|integration with Model 204]]. </li>
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| <li>Janus products' [[#Support for IPV6|support for the IPV6 network protocol]], expanding the network address space from 32 to 128 bits. </li>
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| ==Fast/Unload Version 7.7== | |
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| Highlights of this version include the integration of Fast/Unload with the Model 204 Online load module, the broader availability of zIIP exploitation, and the change of the product version number to match the version number of Model 204.
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| The main features in this release (January, 2017) are described in the [[Release notes for Model 204 version 7.7#Fast.2FUnload enhancements|Release notes for Model 204 version 7.7]].
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| ==DROWN security threat to Janus SSL ports==
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| [[Janus Network Security]] customers should be aware of a security threat known as the "DROWN attack" (https://drownattack.com/). The DROWN threat exploits a security vulnerability of network SSL ports that use SSL V2.
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| See the [[DROWN security threat]] page for recommendations for responding to this threat.
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