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  • 1.  CICS Basic Authentication Method Extract/Full

    Posted Aug 12, 2015 07:55 AM

    Hello, this is an aux Trace of a  Basic Auth Request in cics

       

    XS 0601 XSPW  ENTRY - FUNCTION(INQUIRE_PASSWORD_DATA) USERID_LENGTH(8) USERID(xxxxxxxx) PASSWORD(00000000 , 00000000)

     

    XS FE01 XSSB  ENTRY FUNCTION(INQUIRE_PASSWORD_DATA) USERID_LENGTH(8) USERID(xxxxxxxx) PASSWORD(00000000 , 00000000) METHOD(EXTRACT)

     

    XS FE02 XSSB  EXIT  FUNCTION(INQUIRE_PASSWORD_DATA) RESPONSE(OK) SAF_RESPONSE(0) SAF_REASON(0) ESM_RESPONSE(0) ESM_REASON(0)

                        METHOD_USED(FULL)

     

      XS 0602 XSPW  EXIT - FUNCTION(INQUIRE_PASSWORD_DATA) RESPONSE(OK)

     

      WB 0414 WBRQ  EVENT - CALL_TO_ANALYZER

    ....

     

    So it seems Extract does not work and cics tries the full method. Is this the correct interpretation of trace? If yes, should extract work? I have activated all tss performance options available.

     

     

     

    Manual

     

    CICS attempts to verify a password using a RACROUTE

    REQUEST=EXTRACT request to the external security manager. If the password

    cannot be verified using this method, CICS uses a RACROUTE

    REQUEST=VERIFYX call. Before CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 3

    Release 1, CICS always used the RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFYX call, which is

    more expensive.

     

    ...

     

    CICS uses password verification for improved performance in the following login processes:

     

        HTTP basic authentication with CICS web support



  • 2.  Re: CICS Basic Authentication Method Extract/Full

    Posted Aug 14, 2015 05:57 AM

    i have to add: does tss make an io to secfile in this case if option(38) is not specified



  • 3.  Re: CICS Basic Authentication Method Extract/Full
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Aug 31, 2015 06:34 PM

    RVS,

     

    Please open a ticket with support for further investigation.

     

    Regards,

    Joseph  Porto - CA Level 1 Support