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SafeNet/400 Recent Changes Log

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SafeNet/400 Release 5 Updates:

• Minor improvement to the User-to-Server Authorization Listing Report.
  
• Support for multiple imbedded library and object names in SQL statements expanded to 32 names.
  
• Features added for User-to-Server Exclusion and long path names for Anonymous FTP
  
• Support for LPAR installations added
  
• New command added for direct removal of User to Object settings
  
• New F10 feature available for Historical SQL strings
  
• Improved Anaysis Report Layouts
  
• Support for Multiple Exit Point Registration Added
  
• New Report Selection and Sequencing Added
  
• Profile Swapping Support Added
  
• Job Run Priority Control Added
  
• Customer Exit Program Feature Added
  
• SafeNet/400 Release 5 Available
  

• New Filter for On-Line Transaction Tester
  
• Additional Alert Notification Message Queues
  
• Variable Logging Setting by User/Server
  
• Automatic Unattended Installation now available
  
• SafeNet/400 Release 4 Available
  

• New remote diagnostic support available.
  
• New Command available for removing user information
  
• New Command available for copying user information
  
• New Command Key Functions for the Transaction Review display
  
• New Commands available for user maintenance
  
• SafeNet/400 Release 3 Available
  
• Updates Prior to Release 3
  

Minor improvement to the User-to-Server Authorization Listing Report

Effective date: 2/9/2001

Several minor format and content improvements have been made to the User to Server Authorization Listing based on customer feedback comments received.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF531. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.31 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 11/10/2000

SafeNet/400 support for multiple library and objects names imbedded in SQL strings has been expanded. With this change, SafeNet/400 will support up to 32 imbedded names. The earlier version only supported 10 such names.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF526. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.26 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 09/28/2000

Two new features have now been added to SafeNet/400. The first allows customers who are using the product with the unlimited user license to specifically deny access to designated server functions on a user-by-user basis. With this feature, a *PUBLIC setup can authorize servers to most of your users and let you deny access to specific users.

The second feature implemented at this time allows Anonymous FTP using long file path name support.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF524. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.24 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 09/06/2000

Support for IBM's LPAR installations of OS/400 has now been added to SafeNet/400.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF523. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.23 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 07/11/2000

A new command has been added to SafeNet/400. It is the Remove User Object settings command (RMVUSROBJ) and it can be used to automate security maintenance from within your own programs.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF522. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.22 or higher will have this new feature included.

New F10 feature available for Historical SQL strings

Effective date: 06/22/2000

The F10 feature, which lets you view SQL string details from the On-Line Transaction Tester, now lets you look at these strings for historical transactions.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF521. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.21 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 05/11/2000

Several customers have mentioned that some of the report formats on the SN4 menu were hard to understand. This change greatly improves these reports are their readability and useability.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF519. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.19 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 04/11/2000

Recent versions of OS/400 support multiple exit point registrations. This change to SafeNet/400 now recognizes these multiple registrations and will allow SafeNet/400 to exist alongside existing user installed exit point registrations.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF518. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.18 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 03/11/2000

With this change, additional report selections and report sequence options are now available for the Security Report (menu option #1 on the SN4 menu). You can now obtain a report by user within server (a new feature) and you can select the reporting on a specific user profile, a group of up to 10 user profiles or on all user profiles. You can also limit the reporting to specific server functions, a set of default servers or all servers.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF515. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.) New customers ordering Release 5.14 or higher will have this new feature included.

Effective date: 03/01/2000

User profile swapping allows you to control users differently when they are network users and when they are working from a terminal session. With user profile swapping active, when a request comes into SafeNet, all SafeNet security lookups (user to server, user to objects, etc.) are performed using the Original profile. Once the request passes SafeNet security checking, the Swap profile is assigned to the request and passed to OS/400 for security lookups. All OS/400 security lookups are performed using the "swapped" profile. SafeNet logging remains assigned to the original profile. All job attributes except security routines within OS/400 remain attached to the original profile.

User swapping is available from server level 1 and higher. Using the CHGSPCSET command (menu option #2 on the SN2 menu) you can specify whether swapping is *NO, *OPT (Optional) or *RQD (Required). When set to *NO, no swap profile is looked for or performed. When set to *OPT , a swap profile is used if it is set-up. When set to *RQD, a swap profile must be used; a request will reject if not set-up for original profile.

You setup a swap profile from the special setup menu (SN2) option #15. You enter the original profile, and then the profile to be swapped to. Once set up and activated, all requests for this original profile, will be assigned the swap profile.

You can print the swap profile file, using F6 within the swap profile maintenance screen, or from MENU SN3 option #9.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF513. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 5 PTFs before you can install this change.)

Effective date: 09/25/1999

This new feature lets SafeNet/400 customers control the job run priority for server jobs on a user by user server on each server. Using this feature, you can control how much job run resources are allocated to different server tasks. Within those tasks, you can also control the job run priority for each individual user. This way you can favor users who need priority and reduce resources allocated to users who are allocated too much resource at the expense of others on your system.

This update is included in Release level 5.01 of SafeNet/400. Due to the complexity of the change, new install media must be ordered from Kisco Information Systems. Contact us via E-mail to obtain your new media.

Effective date: 09/25/1999

This new feature gives you the ability to attach your own programs to each exit point used and controlled by SafeNet/400. Using this feature, you can easily implement additional security and processing controls that are unique to your AS/400 installation. When one of these optional Customer Exit Programs is defined to SafeNet/400, a call will be made to your program before any SafeNet/400 security checking is processed. The full character string provided by OS/400 is passed to your program for processing. Your program can return a rejection code to SafeNet/400 or you can return control to SafeNet/400 without logging an error. When the Customer Exit Program is finished processing, all SafeNet/400 security checks will be performed unless your program logs an error code.

This update is included in Release level 5.01 of SafeNet/400. Due to the complexity of the change, new install media must be ordered from Kisco Information Systems. Contact us via E-mail to obtain your new media.

Effective date: 09/8/1999

Kisco Information Systems and MP Associates of Westchester have announced availability of Release 5 of SafeNet/400. For more details, please check our on-line press release.

New Filter for On-Line Transaction Tester

Effective date: 06/17/1999

SafeNet/400 now adds a new filter to the On-Line Transaction Tester display. Using this new filter, you can limit the display to only show you rejected transactions. The prior version always presented all transactions when most users really just want to see what rejects. The tester feature can now be used both ways.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF414. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 4 PTFs before you can install this change.)

Effective date: 05/14/1999

With this change, Alert Notification messages can now be sent to up to five different message queues on your system. Prior to this change, altert notices could only be sent to a single message que.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF411. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. (Note: You must be current on all prior Release 4 PTFs before you can install this change.)

Effective date: 12/30/1998

Several customers have requested to have the SafeNet/400 install process occur automatically during an unattended IPL. As of Release 4.02 of SafeNet/400, this is now possible. The installation can be for first time users and for updates that are received from Kisco Information Systems.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF402. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 12/21/1998

Kisco Information Systems and MP Associates of Westchester have announced availability of Release 4 of SafeNet/400. For more details, please check our on-line press release.

New remote diagnostic support available

Effective date: 10/09/98

A new program is now available as a part of SafeNet/400. This program will allow customers to set up their AS/400 system to allow Kisco employees to dial-in and help them with setup and configuration issues. The activation and deactivation of this feature is completely at the customer's control. The new feature is available as a part of PTF package PCPTF313. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF307. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 08/12/98

A new command has been added to SafeNet/400 that lets you easily remove user authority definitions. The Remove SafeNet User command simplifies maintenance of user permissions by letting you remove all user authorities in a single command. Up to 50 user can be removed each time the command is used.

This update is available via the Internet as a part of of PTF package PCPTF307. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 06/24/98

A new command has been added to SafeNet/400 that lets you create new user authority definitions based on existing definition. The Copy SafeNet User command simplifies initial setup and addition of new users by letting you create new user authorities based on exist definitions. Up to 50 copies can be created each time the command is used.

This update is available via the Internet in the form of PTF package PCPTF304. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 06/19/98

New command key functions have been added to the Transaction Review display screen. These include an F5 function to refresh the screen and F17/F18 functions to go directly to the Top/Bottom of the display screen.

This update is available via the Internet in the form of PTF package PCPTF302. This PTF also includes several minor problem corrections. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 05/27/98

Several new commands have been added to SafeNet/400 Release 3. These commands simplify the management of user authorities by letting you perform multiple user updates in a single command. Commands are provided for User-to-Server updates, User-to-Object updates, User-to-SQL updates and User-to-FTP updates.

This update is available via the Internet in the form of PTF package PCPTF301. Registered customers of SafeNet/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.

Effective date: 04/24/98

Kisco Information Systems and MP Associates of Westchester have announced availability of Release 3 of SafeNet/400. For more details, please check our on-line press release.

Effective date: 02/25/98

This change, available as PCPTF204, corrects a problem with reporting FTP requests on the SafeNet/400 log. Prior to this change, some FTP log entries were reporting with an incorrect or incomplete operation reference. In some cases, GET and PUT were reversed. In other cases, the operation code was partially reported. After installing this PTF, FTP transactions will be reported correctly. (Note: FTP operations PUT, MPUT and APPEND are all reported as PUT on the report.) The PTF can be ordered from us via E-mail request to "Support@kisco.com".

Effective date: 02/20/98

This change, available as PCPTF203, corrects a problem with reporting FTP requests on the SafeNet/400 log. Prior to this change, FTP log entries were showing an incorrect date. The IBM exit point was reporting the date that the FTP server was started rather than the current transaction date. The PTF now records FTP transactions as of the current date when the occur. The PTF can be ordered from us via E-mail request to "Support@kisco.com".

Effective date: 02/05/98

This change, available as PCPTF202, corrects a problem associated with SQL support when using SafeNet/400. Prior to this PTF, some SQL transfer requests could cause an RPG index array error in program P4SQL within SafeNet/400. The PTF can be ordered from us via E-mail request to "Support@kisco.com".

Effective date: 11/12/97

This change, available as PCPTF201, corrects a problem associated with FTP support when using SafeNet/400. Prior to this PTF, some FTP transfer requests could place the transferred objects in the wrong library. The PTF can be ordered from us via E-mail request to "Support@kisco.com".

Effective date: 10/24/97

SafeNet/400 Release 2.01 is now available. The new version is available to all current customers at no charge as long as they are currently active on our software maintenance policy. There is a modest $25 fulfillment fee according to our standard support policy.

Release 2 includes the following new features:

• Support is now included for FTP clients.
• Support is now included for the TCP/IP Signon Server.
• Group Profiles are now supported for customer who purchase a license for an unlimited number of users.
• New reporting options, with selection criteria, are now available.
• A complete new users guide is included. It is available now via direct download from this Website.

Customers who want to order the new release should do so by contacting us directly. Use the contact links available from this Website or contact us by phone or fax.

Effective date: 08/14/97

This change, available as PCPTF002, corrects several problems associated with Win95 clients when accessing information on the AS/400. The changes improve SafeNet/400's ability to control access to AS/400 files and folders.

Effective date: 07/07/97

This change, available as PCPTF001, corrects a problem with access to folders. SafeNet/400 is changed to now perform as described in the user manual. Prior to this change, certain network users could access folders that they were not authorized to use. If you have SafeNet/400 installed and would like to receive the PTF update, please E-mail us and we will send the PTF to you along with install instructions and documentation updates.

Effective date: 03/21/97

Prior to this change, certain maintenance functions were restricted to use by QSECOFR while others were permitted by all user profiles. With this change, all security changes must be made from the QSECOFR user profile. This improves control over access rules and rule changes grant access permission.

Effective date: 03/03/97

SafeNet/400 now supports distribution of program updates remotely via the Internet. To use this feature, you must obtain SafeNet/400 Version 1.02 or greater from Kisco Information Systems and install it on your system. With this feature, you can receive program updates and fixes from Kisco via the Internet. Initially, you must request the update via an E-mail attached PC file. In the near future, we will be making these update packages available for direct download from our Website.