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Securing CICS for newbies
By the editors of SearchDataCenter.com
08.24.2006
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CICS Security
Security is an important concern with CICS. The editors of
SearchDataCenter.com have collected some of our best tips, news and
advice on keeping
CICS secure. Enjoy!
Securing a CICS screen
Can you secure a CICS screen that is called by the application program?
Phil Emrich, our CICS expert, explores this question in this tip.
To read Phil's anwer, click here.
CICS command security
A SearchDataCenter.com user asked:
I'm running z/OS 1.4 and CICS TS 2.2 for CICS. I turned on
SEC=YES,XTRAN=YES and XCMD=YES and someone closed the new file or
program. Is there any way to monitor who used CEMT and command
(SET,Perform) in CICS?
To see the answer, click here.
Q&A: IBM offers a peek at new SOAP for CICS
SearchDataCenter.com spoke with Mark Cocker, a senior software engineer in
IBM's CICS strategy team, about his company's new simple object access
protocol (SOAP) for CICS technology preview. Cocker explained how the
new SupportPac works, and offered an exclusive glimpse into IBM's plans
to build SOAP support into the core of its CICS offering.
To read the interview, click here.
How to authenticate users accessing
CICS legacy transactions
A SearchDataCenter.com user asked:
We are looking into Kerberos as a way
of authenticating users accessing
CICS 3270 legacy transactions. These users will be coming into CICS
through WebMethods from a browser via TN3270E. We do not want to use
RACF user IDs and passwords since they will be exposed along the way.
We cannot tell from what we have read if this will be transparent to
CICS -- handled by RACF -- and CICS will get whatever it needs to
satisfy the sign-on. Is this something that you can answer or at least
point me to an explicit document that addresses Kerberos and CICS?
To read the answer, click here.
Calling RACROUTE from a CICS program
A SearchDataCenter.com user asked:
Do you have any examples of calling
RACROUTE from a CICS program? I have to authenticate (RACF) a UserId
and Password using a CICS program. I don't think "QUERY SECURITY" could
be you used to do this.
To see the answer, click here.
Big Blue announces new CICS TS
IBM rolled out its CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.1, building in
support for Web services and better security support.
To read the article, click here.
How to authenticate users using RACF for applications running in
CICS Web Support
A SearchDataCenter.com user asked:
How to authenticate users using RACF
for applications running in CICS Web Support (CWS) using existing
software? The IBM sample programs either:
1) Invoke HTTP Basic Authentication,
which allows Internet Explorer users to save their passwords -
permitting unauthorized users to sign-on using cached passwords or
2) Result in non-persistent
verifications requiring user to present credentials at every page
change. We need persistent verified user-id and no stored passwords.
To read the answer, click here.
Need help turning on security for CICS
Transaction Server
A SearchDataCenter.com user asked:
I am new to the mainframe and CICS.
Right now, we are trying to turn on
the security of CICS Transaction Server. When we enter CICS, even
without sign-on, we can do everything we want. But if we type 'CESN',
the System gives a message like 'DFHCE3547 Security is not active.
Sign-on cannot be performed.' Do you know why that happened? Where can
I find the information I need to turn on the security?
To read the answer, click here.
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