Ownable Resource Security › The Resource Descriptor Table (RDT) Record

The Resource Descriptor Table (RDT) Record

The Resource Descriptor Table (RDT) is a special ACID, like AUDIT and ALL, that is used to define resource classes and their properties.

The RDT contains pre-defined CA Top Secret resource classes (VM, MVS, and VSE resources), including resources used and reserved by other CA product interfaces. In addition, the RDT can contain dynamically defined resource classes. The user can redefine access levels to these resource classes in more meaningful ways, such as foreign language words for READ and UPDATE, etc.

For managing the contents of the RDT Record, the administrator can specify attributes, access levels, and default access levels through the TSS command.