VTAM® supports the
following conversation-level security option sets:
- User ID verification (212)
- Enables
an application program to specify a user identifier and password that
the local LU can use to verify a user identifier on a request for
a conversation. The application program that receives the request
can use this information to determine whether to accept the conversation
request.
- Program supplied user identifier and password (213)
- Enables a program
that is allocating a conversation to supply the user identifier and
password to be sent on the allocation request. VTAM offers pass-through support for this option
set by allowing security access subfields on the allocation requests.
The application program can implement the option set.
- User ID authorization (214)
- Enables
a program or operator to designate the user identifiers that are authorized
to access specific resources of the LU, such as transaction programs. VTAM offers pass-through support
for this option set by allowing security access subfields on the allocation
requests. The application program can implement the option set.
- Profile verification and authorization (215)
- Enables a program
or operator to designate the profiles that the local LU uses to verify
a profile carried on allocation requests it receives. The program
can also designate the profiles that are authorized to specific resources
of the LU, such as transaction programs. VTAM offers pass-through support for this option
set by allowing security access subfields on the allocation requests.
The application program can implement the option set.
- Profile pass-through (217)
- Enables
the transaction program that is allocating a conversation to specify
that the allocation request carry the profile received on the request
that started the program. The application program can implement this
option set by maintaining a table of profiles used when allocation
requests are received. VTAM offers
pass-through support for this option set by allowing security access
subfields on the allocation requests. The application program can
implement the option set.
- Program supplied profile (218)
- Enables the application
program that is allocating a conversation to supply the profile to
be sent on the allocation request. VTAM offers
pass-through support for this option set by allowing security access
subfields on the allocation requests. The application program can
implement the option set.