Auditing Considerations
Auditors who are responsible for ensuring proper access control and accountability
for their installation are interested in changes to security options, audit records, and
report generation utilities.
For more information, see Chapter 8, “Auditing Considerations” on page 45.
Operational Considerations
The installation of a new product release might introduce changes to the operating
characteristics. These changes can be in the form of changed commands, new or
changed messages, or methods of implementing new functions. This book
identifies those changes for which you should provide user education before
running this release of the product.
For more information, see Chapter 9, “Operational Considerations” on page 49.
Application Development Considerations
Application development programmers must be aware of new functions introduced
in a new release of RACF. To implement a new function, the application
development personnel should read this book and the following books:
OS/390 Security Server External Security Interface (RACROUTE) Macro
Reference
,
OS/390 Security Server (RACF) Data Areas
, and
OS/390 Security Server (RACF) Macros and Interfaces
.
To ensure that existing programs run as before, the application programmers
should be aware of any changes in data areas and processing requirements. This
book provides an overview of the changes that might affect existing application
programs.
For more information, see Chapter 10, “Application Development Considerations”
on page 51.
General User Considerations
RACF general users use a RACF-protected system to:
Log on to the system
Access resources on the system
Protect their own resources and any group resources to which they have
administrative authority
This book provides an overview of the changes that might affect existing
procedures for general users. For more information, see Chapter 11, “General
User Considerations” on page 55.
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