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Web-Related Software	REXX	TN3270 Sites	TN3270 RFCs	3270 Manuals	CA
Cisco	IOF	LRS	Other Vendors	Misc Non-Vendor Sites	Internet Technology
RFC Repositories	Key RFCs	TCP RFC's and Links	FTP RFC's	Tectia - ssh.com

IBM ServiceLink
IBM BookManager® BookServer Library search for any online IBM book by title keyword or book name or number
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z/OS V1R10 information center - Beta

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z/OS V1R10.0 elements and features bookshelves
z/OS V1R9.0 elements and features bookshelves
- z/OS elements and features- 406 books
- z/OS commands- 52 books
- z/OS diagnosis- 64 books
- z/OS elements and features messages and codes- 123 books
- z/OS overview- 13 books
- Communications Server- 36 books Search All Books
- Cryptographic Services- 10 books
- DFSMS- 35 books
- EREP- 2 books
- FFST for VM and MVS
- High Level Assembler- 8 books
- HTTP Server
- Infoprint Server- 8 books
- ISPF- 10 books
- JES2- 9 books
- MVS- 69 books
- OSA/SF (Open Systems Adapter/Support Facility)- 3 books
- RMF (Resource Measurement Facility)- 6 books
- Run-Time Library Extensions- 4 books
- SDSF
- Security Server and Integrated Security Services- 18 books
- SMP/E- 6 books
- TSO/E - 15 books
- z/OS UNIX - 11 books

z/OS Homepage
- z/OS Internet Library
- zFavorites for zSeries a collection of links to helpful zSeries Web sites
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    - LookAt - OS/390 and z/OS message help look up messages, by msgid by operating system, for all operating systems
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IBM Software : Networking and Communications : Communications Server : Homepage
- IBM Software : Networking and Communications : Communications Server : Support
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- IBM Software : Networking and Communications : Communications Server : Library
- IBM Software : Networking and Communications : Communications Server : News
- IBM Networking Software Education: Newest Courses

TPF Homepage
- Bookshelf: Transaction Processing Facility V4R1 - PUT 16 (TPF V4R1 - PUT 16)

Miscellaneous IBM Books and Bookshelves
Netview-Related Sites
Other IBM Resources
- BookManager HomePage
  - IBM BookManager - Latest Versions of IBM Library Readers download the free reader for any opsys
- IBM Code Pages a list of PDFs for current IBM code pages - "a list of all code pages supported by IBM, not all the pages listed may be supported by iSeries servers" For IBM-037, just click on the link USA/Canada - CECP (00037)
- DFSMS/MVS Technical Support
  - Catalog and VSAM Knowledge Base "an interactive diagnostic tool that can assist you with problem analysis and resolution"
  - IDCAMS Commands
  - On-line Manual Libraries and Bookshelves
- Education/Training:
  - Training and Education - IBM Learning Services U.S. Homepage "all IBM's online education/training resources"
- ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ provides software support for System/390 software (/s390) and others
- IBM employee e-mail directory
- IBM eNetwork Communications Server for OS/390
- IBM Enterprise Servers zSeries, S/390,,,etc
- International Technical Conferences
- IBM iSource "your customized IBM news subscription"
- IBM iSource - Resource directory "This directory offers you instant access to the IBM URLs and phone numbers that you need."
- IBM Networking Hardware
- IBM Networking Documentation
- IBM Networking Whitepapers
- OS/390 Internet library
- IBM Redbooks
- IBM Research
  - IBM Think Research Magazine
  - IBM Journal of Research and Development
  - IBM Systems Journal
- Secure e-business in TCP/IP Networks on OS/390 and z/OS a redpiece
- IBM S/390 Support Portal
- IBM Sales Manual
- IBM Security
- IBM Software
- IBM Software for S/390
- IBM Software : Web Application Servers : WebSphere Host On-Demand : Overview
- IBM Software : Networking and Communications : Screen Customizer "The drag-and-drop technology of IBM Screen Customizer eliminates the need for programming"
- Tivoli - Products - Tivoli Enterprise Console
- TRSMAIN website for downloading TRSMAIN and for doc
- IBM Terminology this web site consolidates several of the main glossaries created for IBM products: AS/400 Glossary, AIX Glossary, DB2 Glossary, CICS Glossary, DCE Glossary, and Tivoli Glossary
- Common threads: OpenSSH key management, Part 1
- System SSL Programming
- z/OS UNIX System Services ported tools
- Web-Related Software:
  - Bookshelf: IBM HTTP Server for OS/390 V2R10.0
  - HTTP Server
  - WEB Application Servers
  - WebSphere Homepage Builder IBM's program for building webpages
- z/Bulletin - For enterprise users of the IBM e@server
- z/OS UNIX System Services

REXX:

Interactive Output Facility (IOF) Technical Support

TN3270 Sites
- Telnet Commands these are the command codes that immediately follow the IAC - taken from RFC 854
- Telnet Options from rfc 1700 - Assigned Numbers
- Dave's TN3270 page a rich lode of tn3270 info
- TN3270.COM "repository of information about the telnet standards for 3270 client to server communications"
  - TN3270 Specifications
  - TN3270 White Papers supplied by vendors
  - TN3270 Articles from the trade press
- TN3270-Relevant RFC's
  - RFC 1700 - Assigned Numbers
  - RFC 854 - Telnet Specification
  - RFC 1041 - Telnet 3270 Regime Option
  - RFC 1091 - Telnet Terminal-Type Option not as useful as rfc 1576
  - RFC 1576 - TN 3270 Current Practices contains telnet options negotiated to transition from a NVT ASCII
  - RFC 1646 - TN 3270 Extensions for LUname and Printer Selection extensions to base tn3270
  - RFC 2355 - TN 3270 Enhancements the much-ballyhoo'd tn3270e (obsoletes RFC 1647)
  - RFC 2561 - Base Definitions of Managed Objects for TN3270E Using SMIv2
  - RFC 2562 - Definitions of Protocol and Managed Objects for TN3270E Response Time Collection Using SMIv2 (TN3270E-RT-MIB)
  - RFC 3049 - TN3270E Service Location and Session Balancing
  - INTERNET-DRAFT draft-ietf-tn3270e-telnet-tls-06.txt TLS-based Telnet Security
- Real 3270 Manuals:
  - 3270 Data Stream Programmer's Reference
  - 3174 Character Reference includes code page info
  - 3174 Status Codes includes all the PROGxxx error codes
  - 3174 Terminal User's Reference
  - 3174 Introduction shows how they can be connected to networks,,,etc
  - 3174 Functional Description contains detailed description of 3270 datastreams

Computer Associates
- SupportConnect
- Login to TCC for access to our cases (same as below but more direct)
- CA-Total Client Care (TCC)
- Archives of SNSTCP-L@LIST.NIH.GOV listserv of TCPAccess questions and answers
- Computer Associates Technical Support
- Session Manager Support TPX and Teleview
- Online Product Manuals for Session Managers TPX and Teleview Manuals in Bookmanager and pdf format You must have a StarTCC id and password to get to this page
- Computer Associates Open Forums
- Welcome to Computer Associates Technical Support
- CA Support Feedback
- Netspy Manuals requires logon id for star tcc

Cisco Connection Online
- Cisco Connection Documentation homepage for all their
- Cisco 7500 Series Routers
- FTP Server Messages a service of Cisco
- Cisco - IP Subnet Calculation & Design to use this subnet calculator you need a CCO id and password
- Cisco Interactive Mentor homepage for CIM - Cisco's line of self-study courses
- Cisco: Learning Locator locate Cisco classes
- http://www.ciscopress.com/
- Cisco Publications - The Internet Protocol Journal
- Cisco Systems: Networking Professionals Connection
- Technical Support Newsletter Archive
- Router and Switch Configuration Documentation: IOS 11.1
Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc.

Other Vendor Sites
- Attachmate Corporation
- Barr Systems
- BLACK BOX On-Line: The World's Source for Connectivity
- BMC Software Inc.
- Candle
  - Product Documentation for all Candle products
- Compuware's File-AID "Products, Solutions, Client Profiles, FrontLine Technical Support and Data To Go E-Zine"
- Global Knowledge Corporate Site "your source for real-world it training"
- HP LaserJet Printers - PCL Commands, Basic Page Formatting, and Font Selection Thanks, Shalom
- Independant Software Vendors (ISVs) and other S/390 Business Offerings "Sam Knutson's Vendors Page"
- Innovation Data Processing
- Landmark.com the TMON people
- MacKinney Systems Enterprise software for OS/390, VM and VSE
- MERANT: enterprise solutions
  - SequeLink Server Task Messages
  - All DataDirect Documentation
  - DataDirect SequeLink Error Codes and Messages
- Merrill Consultants MXG Home Page
- Welcome to Nessoft! Home of PingPlotter!
- NewEra Software, Inc. - Unique OS/390 System Management Software! vendor of Image Focus
- NOVELL: Product Documentation
- NOVELL: Novell Tech News Newsletter
- SERENA Software
- Sniffer Technologies vendor of sniffer
- Sterling Commerce
- Sterling Commerce Tech Support (requires logon id and pwd)
- SSH Communications Security (Tectia)
  - Tectia Customer Support this is where you logon and create a case, read faqs, or search the "knowledgebase"
  - SSH - Support - Product Support - SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS product manuals, faqs, and other doc
- Tivoli Systems Inc. The Power to Manage. Anything. Anywhere.
- WildPackets "Network Protocol Analysis, Training, and Consulting"
- WildPackets - IPSubnetCalculator "Windows freeware utility for computing information about IP addresses"

Miscellaneous Non-Vendor Mainframe Sites
- Bill's "Big Iron" Page
- CBT Tape MVS Freeware Home Page
- Computerworld's COBOL page this page has pointers to a large number of online COBOL resources
- David Alcock's Planet MVS :: Home of the Dinosaurs Dave has pages on upgrade experiences, assembler, rexx,,,etc
  - Dave's TCP/IP on IBM mainframes page
  - Dave's MVS Freeware...ISPF Application...TCP/IP Monitor
- Eric Loriaux's System/390... MVS, VM, VSE, OS/390 home page
- Eric Loriaux's directory of IBM web sites
- How To Write Unmaintainable Code
- Mainframes.com
- OS/390 and z/OS Freeware by Lionel B. Dyck
- Protocols.com: | WAN, LAN, ATM |Ftp, Http, ICMP, UDP | Telecommunications
- SamSpade.org online tcp/ip-related tools
- search390.com: The 390 Specific Portal and Search Engine presented by TechTarget.com
- sendmail.org maintained by the Sendmail Consortium to be a resource for the freeware version of sendmail
- SHARE!
  - SHARE0003 Conference [350238] (Web Eguide) online access to all Anaheim 3/2000 papers
- S/390 and other computer links an awesome collection of mainframe-related links

Internet Technology
- ChooseYourMail a service for fighting spam
- Cookie Central
- Current Internet-Drafts
- ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- Internet FAQ Consortium nothing but the faqs
- IPv6: The Next Generation Internet!
- ITPRC - The Information Technology Professional's Resource Center
- Cyber-Geography Research graphic images of the web from different perspectives
- NetFactual.com info about the Internet and use of it
- Network Solutions - Domain Name Registration Services from the dot com people whois service and dot.com directory
- The List -- The Definitive ISP Buyer's Guide
- NetFactual.com info about the Internet and use of it
- VisualRoute Server Site: Fairfax, VA USA tracert mapped over a map of the earth
- Welcome to the InterNIC
- W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
- A Guide to URLs
- RFC and Standards Repositories
  - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority database of all assigned numbers that used to be kept in rfc 1700
  - Zvon - RFC index beautifully formatted - unfortunately this website is no longer maintained
  - Request for Comments (RFC) Editor Homepage
  - IETF RFC Page
  - Internet RFC/FYI/STD/BCP Archives
  - Ohio State Guide to RFC's
  - ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/ ftp source for .txt copies of all rfc's
  - RFC.net repository of RFC STD BCP and FYI documents
  - Google Directory - Computers > Internet > RFCs
  - Google Directory - Computers > Internet > Protocols a broader page than just rfc's
  - Google Directory - Computers > Internet > Protocols > Transmission Protocols > Networking Resources > Routing
  - Computer Standards > RFCs in the Yahoo! Directory
  - List of RFC Repositories
- Key RFC's
  - dns
    - rfc1034 DOMAIN NAMES - CONCEPTS AND FACILITIES
    - rfc1035 DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION
  - Security
    - RFC - 2246 The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 updated by 3546 (original source)
    - RFC - 3546 Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions updates 2246 (original source)
    - RFC - 2228 FTP Security Extensions (original source)
  - SMTP
    - RFC - 2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol obsoletes 821 (original source)
    - RFC - 2822 Internet Message Format obsoletes 822 (original source)
  - TCP
  - Telnet
    - std8 TELNET PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION
    - rfc1572 Telnet Environment Option
  - rfc952 DOD INTERNET HOST TABLE SPECIFICATION
  - rfc1179 Line Printer Daemon Protocol
  - rfc1600 INTERNET OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS
  - rfc1631 The IP Network Address Translator (NAT)
- ftp
  - ftp rfc's and standard
    - std9 FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP) this is the key ftp document
    - rfc385 COMMENTS ON THE FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
    - rfc414 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) status and further comments (updates rfc385)
    - rfc438 FTP server-server interaction
    - rfc448 Print Files in FTP
    - rfc463 FTP Comments and Response to RFC 430
    - rfc468 FTP DATA COMPRESSION
    - rfc478 FTP server-server interaction II
    - rfc480 Host-Dependent FTP Parameters
    - rfc506 FTP command naming problem
    - rfc640 Revised FTP reply codes
    - rfc775 Directory oriented FTP commands
    - rfc959 FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)
    - rfc1579 Firewall-Friendly FTP
    - rfc1635 How to Use Anonymous FTP
    - RFC - 2228 FTP Security Extensions (original source)
    - rfc2428 FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs
    - rfc2577 FTP Security Considerations
    - draft-fordh-ftp-ssl-firewall-02.txt FTP/TLS Friendly Firewalls
    - draft-ietf-ftpext-data-connection-assurance-00.txt FTP Data Connection Assurance
    - draft-ietf-ftpext-mlst-16.txt Extensions to FTP
  - FTP Server Messages a service of Cisco