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This advanced RACF training course gives you a powerful understanding of how to use the advanced
features of RACF, to support RACF with UNIX, TCP/IP, the Firewall, and the
z/OS WorldWide Web Server.
This course will get you ready to deal with RACF
and Sysplex, as well as digital certificates and cross-platform security with
Single Signon. It covers RACF on z/OS with the MVS operating
system.
You will learn to use RACF to control JES, SDSF, VTAM, APPC, OMVS or USS
("UNIX under MVS"), TCP/IP, Sysplex, the Message Queue
Manager, the Websphere Web Server, and MVS. You will get clear explanations
of how these system software components work, how they work with RACF, and how
you can use RACF to control them. You will learn how RACF interfaces with
other software components to provide your installation the most comprehensive
practical protection possible.
This course shows you how to design RACF
exits, how to analyze the structure of the RACF dataset, and how to tune RACF
for best performance. You will learn how to plan, implement, and use RRSF,
the RACF Remote Sharing Facility (which lets you synchronize passwords and
RACF commands between RACF databases).
This course will show you how to use the most sophisticated and advanced
features of RACF. While you do not need to be a system programmer or
technician, you will want a solid understanding of RACF basics to get the most
out of this course. This course is the logical follow-on to HG04: Effective
RACF Administration.
The 400+ page reference manual contains diagrams,
worksheets, and valuable reference material not available anywhere else.
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Who Should Attend HG05 Advanced RACF training?
- Experienced RACF
administrators who want to secure UNIX, TCP/IP, and the Web Server
- System programmers who want to maximize their use of RACF
- Auditors who want to cover MQ Series, OMVS, JES, VTAM, and other
advanced resource classes
- Data Security Officers who want to take advantage of the advanced
resource classes
- HG04 attendees who recovered from its intensity and still want more
- RACF practitioners not happy "just protecting userids and datasets"
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HG05: You Will Learn:
- To secure UNIX, TCP/IP, and the Web Server on the mainframe
- To take advantage of the mainframe Firewall
- To use the advanced resource classes
- To call RACF from within a program and to design RACF exits
- To Tune RACF for performance
- To use RRSF
- RACF works with JES and VTAM
- To use RACF with MVS/Open Edition
- RACF works with MQ Series and SDSF
Please note that you can save money by holding these classes in-house. Call
Stu at (301) 229-7187 for details.
Note also the classes we offer for Information Technology Audit Training, as
listed on the left under QUICK LINKS.
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Class Outline
HG05 SEMINAR WORKBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS
I Concepts and Keywords
Why We Are Here
Background and Trends
Review of RACF Fundamentals
IBM'S Changes to MVS, JES, etc. for B1 Certification
The Power of Resource Names With Dots
What We Will Cover
A) JES Resource Classes
B) VTAM
C) APPC
D) Structure of the RACF Database
E) Writing Programs to Read the RACF Database
F) Writing Programs to Call RACF
G) RACF Exits
H) MQM (the Message Queue Manager)
I) USS (UNIX), TCP/IP, WWW Server, and the Firewall
J) DCE and Digital Certificates
K) Sysplex
L) RRSF (RACF Remote Sharing Facility)
II Action Steps
A) JES Resource Classes
B) VTAM
C) APPC (Advanced Program to Program
D) Structure of the RACF Database
E) Writing Programs to Read the RACF Database
F) Writing Programs to Call RACF
G) RACF Exits
H) MQM (Message Queue Manager)
I) USS (UNIX), TCP/IP, the WWW Server, and the Firewall
J) DCE and Digital Certificates
K) Sysplex
L) RRSF (RACF Remote Sharing Facility)
III Forms and Reference
A) HASPPARM
B) SYS1.VTAMLST
C) RACF DBU RECORD TYPES
INDEX
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Stu Henderson offers consulting, seminars, articles, and other information sharing related to information security and auditing. His consulting includes: security reviews, risk assessments, RACF implementation assistance, and Information Technology audit technical counseling.
His most popular seminars provide: RACF training, mainframe audit training including MVS and z/OS audit training. His RACF seminars include: "Effective RACF Administration", "Advanced RACF Administration", and "UNIX (USS) for RACF Administrators".
His audit seminars include: "How to Audit MVS, RACF, ACF2, TopSecret, CICS, DB2, and MQ Series Security" and the follow-on "How to Audit z/OS with USS, TCP/IP, FTP, and the Internet"
Information on class location and schedules, as well as articles, links and other useful information sharing may be found on his website at www.stuhenderson.com