Protecting Resources and Control Records

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

Description

In this course we will tell you how ACF2 protects and controls access to Datasets.

Audience

Application programmers, systems programmers, database administrators, security administrators and anyone requiring knowledge on how to use the Security Server (ACF2) on the OS/390 platform. Prerequisites: How to use TSO and ISPF, plus an understanding of data sets and basic security issues.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Understand how ACF2 protects Datasets.
• Create, delete and alter Dataset Rules.
• Protect Datasets including using conditional access.
• List Dataset Rules and interpret the output.

Topics Include

Unit 1: How to Protect Datasets

• Definition of Dataset Rules
• Dataset Access Rule Entries
• Dataset Access Rule Entries - Dataset Name Masking
• Dataset Access Rule Entries - UID String Masking
• Dataset Access Rule Entries - Types of Access to Datasets
• Dataset Access Rule Entries – Conditional Access to Datasets

Unit 2: ACF2 Dataset Rule Access

• Dataset Access Rule Entries - Types of Access to Datasets: Read Write Alloc Exec
• Dataset Access Rule Entries - Concepts of Conditional Access
• The ACF2 DECOMP Command to List Dataset Rules

Unit 3: Controlling Access to Datasets using ACF2 Commands

• Creating and Saving ACF2 Dataset Rules
• The ACF2 COMPILE Command to Create Dataset Rules
• The ACF2 STORE Command to Save Dataset Rules
• The ACF2 RECKEY Command to Change Dataset Rules
• The ACF2 DECOMP Command to Change Dataset Rules
• The ACF2 DELETE Command to Delete Dataset Rules

Unit 4: Controlling Access to Datasets using ISPF

• How to Control Access to Datasets Using the ACF2 ISPF Panels
• Using ACF2 ISPF Panels to Create Dataset Rules
• Using ACF2 ISPF Panels to Change Dataset Rules
• Using ACF2 ISPF Panels to Delete Dataset Rules
• Using ACF2 ISPF Panels to List Dataset Rules
• Using ACF2 ISPF Panels to Test Dataset Rules

Duration

(Currently no course duration information)

Minimum Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT (Workstation and Server), Version 4+/Windows 2000, Windows XP.
Hardware – Recommended Configurations:

¨ Windows NT 4.0 Server with SP6 or Windows 2000 Server
¨ Pentium 200Mhz or higher (dual Pentium III processors recommended)
¨ 64 MB RAM (1GB recommended)
¨ 200 MB available hard disk space (1 GB recommended)
¨ Ethernet (10 Mbps) network adapter. Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) recommended.
¨ TCP/IP services
¨ JRun Pro 3.1

¨ IIS 4.0 or greater
¨ Personal Web Server for Windows 95
Client Minimum Configuration: 486processor, with 32MB RAM
Client Recommended Configuration: Pentium II, with 64 MB RAM
Modem: 24.4 kbps or greater
Connectivity Requirements for Datatrain v 4: Any standard TCP/IP connection to an HTTP server.
Macromedia Flash 5: Flash 5 is required. Datatrain detects and warns if Flash is not installed or needs to be upgraded.

Microsoft Internet Explorer – 4.72, 5.00, 5.50, and 6
Netscape – 4.71 and 4.75 (4.72, as well as 6 and greater are NOT supported)
Screen Resolution: Any
Audio: Datatrain v 4 courses do not have audio.

Media

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