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TMSH0011E

Your CA 1 security options allow unauthorized users to access privileged tape data that they would otherwise be unable to access. Any user specifying EXPDT=98000 can access any tape and read or update it.

Reason:

When you set your CA 1 security option FUNC=N, then you are suppressing the security checks made when EXPDT=98000 is used. That means, any user can code EXPDT=98000 along with DSN=dummyhlq.original.dsname. Since EXPDT=98000 bypasses CA 1's full data set name checking, z/OS will access the name the user has coded as the actual data set name only validating the last seventeen characters. For example, assume tape volume PAY001 is the current payroll master file (PAYROLL.MASTER.FILE). If user JOHNDOE codes:

//SYSUT1 DD DSN=JOHNDOE.PAYROLL.MASTER.FILE,DISP=OLD,

// EXPDT=98000,VOL=SER=PAY001

The system will check to see if JOHNDOE can access JOHNDOE.PAYROLL. MASTER.FILE. Since the last seventeen characters,"PAYROLL.MASTER.FILE", match and the data set name begins with JOHNDOE, the system would allow user JOHNDOE to read the payroll master file.

Action:

This message is issued by the CA 1 Health Check component, which provides extensive detail on the problem encountered and the suggested response. The following actions and responses are documented for this check:

System Action:

The system will continue processing. Your tape data is not secure from unauthorized access.

Operator Response:

Notify the systems programmer of this exposure.

System Programmer Response:

The TMS security option FUNC is currently set to "NO". This needs to be set to "YES". You can also set the option to "EXT", which causes CA 1 to call the external security system with more information including the tape volume serial number and unit.

Setting the TMS security option to "YES" also requires certain security resources to be defined to your security system and certain access rules must be created to control who may use EXPDT=98000.

Problem Determination:

You can use the CA 1 ISPF panels to display the current values of all your CA 1 options along with other information about the CA 1 Tape Management system.

Source:

CA 1 Tape Management System.

Reference Documentation:

Programming Guide.