Hi Charlie,

charliews wrote:
>
> To All:
>
> Our shop is attempting to gather information on what products, including
> development tools, will be required for us to enable access to our
> HP3000-987 from the internet.   We are led to believe that Apache server
> software was already shipped with an earlier version of the OS, but we have
> not been successful in locating the files.

Apache 1.3.4 can be downloaded from http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/apache/.
Apache requires MPE/iX 6.0 or later.  This version of Apache is included in
MPE/iX 6.5 FOS in the APACHE account.  Apache 1.3.4 is fully supported via the
HP Response Center.

A beta copy of Apache 1.3.9 can also be downloaded from the same jazz web
page.  This is the same Apache code base as the WebWise Secure Web Server, but
without the SSL functionality.  It includes many new features added since
1.3.4, with the most important IMO being support for Dynamic Shared Objects
(DSOs -- add-on Apache modules residing in NMXLs).  This beta is supported
directly by the CSY R&D lab via e-mail.

A not-supported-by-HP Apache 1.3.12 can be downloaded from
http://www.bixby.org/mark/apacheix.html.  This version includes a bundled
mod_perl.

For a secure SSL web server, the HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server product
(B9074AA IIRC) is now available for purchase.  You get Apache 1.3.9 + mod_ssl +
OpenSSL.  Pricing on WebWise is $1295/$1595/$1995 depending on your machine
tier.

> We are wanting to accomplish
> the following:
>
> a) Allow internet users read-only access to specified non-restricted data on
> our system

A web server can do that for you!

> b) Convert data entry applications so that the applications may be run from
> an internet-like interface.   It is our desire that context and validity
> edits be applied by the individual
>      user's machines, taking workload off of the HP3000.   It has been
> suggested that this could be accomplished via Java scripts.   We would want
> only authorized users on our
>      side of the firewall to have access to these applications.

There are many different options for doing this.  You might start by taking a
look at http://www.businessservers.hp.com/products/appdev/CSY000CB1.pdf.

> c)  Further automate data transfers between our organization and our sister
> organizations.

If the public Internet is being used as the network transport and you don't
want prying eyes to possibly sniff your data, then you seriously want to
consider buying WebWise and using its SSL encryption capabilities.

> Being a Cobol applications programmer,  I admit that I am going into this
> project cold.   It is our shop's desire to submit to management a proposal,
> including product prices, that would achieve our goals.

If you're planning to attend HPWorld, I will be giving a 2-hour tutorial on the
WebWise Secure Web Server on Thursday 9/14 from 8-10AM.

- Mark B.