Adabas Security Features

This document describes the security facilities provided by Adabas and its subsystems.

Adabas Role-based Security (ADARBA) provides facilities for controlling access to database resources; for example:

  • Restricting the execution of an Adabas utility;

  • Restricting access to data via Adabas commands.

Adabas Password Security (ADASCR) provides facilities for controlling access and update to Adabas files; for example:

  • Restricting user read and/or update requests on the basis of a whole file;

  • Restricting user access to individual records within a file.

Adabas Encryption for Linux prevents the unauthorized analysis of Adabas container files. It provides functionality to encrypt ASSO and DATA container files.

Ciphering prevents the unauthorized analysis of Adabas container files.

SSL Trusted Relationship for Natural enables Natural to make use of the Role Based Access Control without providing user credentials or using the Adabas user exit 21.

The following topics are covered: