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IND$defender

You can use IND$defender to define your own fields or modify existing fields for BMC AMI Defender for z/OS.

IND$defender is an optional component of the BMC AMI Defender for z/OS product. IND$defender is installed as a part of the installation of the product. It consists of two modules in BMC AMI Defender for z/OS load library:

  • CZAIND$D (alias IND$FILE).
  • CZAWSMFT.

CZAWSMFT must reside in an APF-authorized library and be linkedited AC=1. For a discussion of APF authorization, see Authorizing the BMC AMI Defender load library in Configuring-SMF-and-other-IBM-z-OS-subsystems. CZAWSMFT has been carefully designed specifically to preclude its being a security exposure; contact BMC Support if you need more information.

Note

IND$defender does not apply to the BMC AMI Defender for Db2 product.

You can set up IND$defender to audit the use of the IBM PC 3270 File Transfer Program, commonly known as IND$FILE.

IND$defender is a wrapper for IBM IND$FILE that transparently audits the usage of IND$FILE. IND$defender writes an SMF record, calls the BMC AMI Defender API, or it does both.

See BMC AMI Defender API with the following information for every IND$FILE transfer:

  • Invoking user ID, name and Group
  • Terminal name and IP address
  • Mainframe data set name
  • Upload or download
  • Time of day and duration of transfer
  • Other IND$FILE and APVUFILE parameters

You can configure BMC AMI Defender for z/OS to send the SMF and/or API1 events to the syslog console (SIEM) of your choice or you might use an SMF reporting program of your choice (see Customizing-BMC-AMI-IND-defender-to-report-IND-FILE-activity).

IND$FILE

IND$FILE is IBM 3270-PC File Transfer Program Release 1, IBM program number 5665-311. It is a file transfer program (not to be confused with the File Transfer Program or FTP) that runs as a TSO command and lets a mainframe terminal (3270) session user download or upload a z/OS data set (file) between the PC and the mainframe. The program is commonly referred to by its executable name, IND$FILE, universally pronounced I-N-D-dollar-file (except in the United Kingdom, where it is known as IND£FILE).

IND$FILE programs for VM/CMS and VSE CICS also exist, but the information in this document refers only to IND$FILE for TSO.

APVUFILE

APVUFILE is MVS/TSO File Transfer Program, 5799-xxx, where xxx is BWJ or BWL for Japan and PGY or PGZ for Korea, China, and Taiwan.

APVUFILE is similar to IND$FILE; the primary difference is that it supports DBCS (double-byte, wide or Asian) character translation. It accepts five additional parameters in support of DBCS translation.

For IND$defender, the term IND$FILE is used to mean IND$FILE or APVUFILE, except where the context clearly demands otherwise.

The problem

IND$FILE is subject to your security authorizations and restrictions. Therefore, you cannot use IND$FILE to upload or download a file to where RACF (or CA ACF2 or CA Top Secret as appropriate) does not give you access. But IND$FILE incorporates absolutely no auditing (unlike, for example, FTP). You do not have information available from IND$FILE that allows the auditing of any details of IND$FILE usage.

Example

Alice has legitimate access to the customer master file for her work. If she downloads the complete file to her PC every evening with IND$FILE, there is no convenient way for her company to track that.

SMF or API1 record that reports IND$FILE activity

IND$defender is designed for use with the real-time messaging capabilities of BMC AMI Defender for z/OS. But IND$defender by default outputs a user SMF type 202 record in a documented format. You might report on IND$FILE activity using any tool capable of processing SMF records including SAS from the SAS Institute or MXG from Merrill Consultants.

The IND$defender SMF or API1 record

*     Layout of the CorreLog "user" SMF Record, by default type 202
*     Copyright 2015 CorreLog, Inc.
*     For more information www.CorreLog.com or support@CorreLog.com
*
*     The record is "triplet" based, similar to many IBM SMF records such
*     as Type 30, 42, 90, 92, 119 and DB2 SMF records. A triplet consists
*     of a 32-bit offset relative to the start of the record header, a
*     16-bit length, and a 16-bit count. If you are writing a program to
*     process this record you should use the triplets rather than absolute
*     offsets.
*
*   The fixed header portion
SMF202Header DSECT , SMF Record Header
SMF202HDLength  DS  HL2         Record length
SMF202HDSegDesc DS  HL2 Segment descriptor
SMF202HDFlags   DS  BL1         Header flags - all of these will be set
SMF202HDSUB      EQU X'40'       Subtypes are valid
SMF202HDSP4    EQU X'10'  MVS/SP Version 4 and above
SMF202HDSP3    EQU X'08'  MVS/SP Version 3 and above
SMF202HDSP2    EQU X'04' MVS/SP Version 2 and above
SMF202HDVS2  EQU X'02' MVS/VS2
SMF202HDType DS XL1 Record type (by default 202, X'CA')
SMF202HDTime DS XL4 Time record was moved to SMF buffer
SMF202HDDate DS PL4  Date record was moved to SMF buffer
SMF202HDSID DS CL4 System ID
DS  CL4 Reserved, recorded as zeros
SMF202HDSubType DS  HL2 Record    subtype
SMF202HDST_IND$FILE        EQU X'0001'        IND$FILE audit
* This is the only subtype defined at this time
SMF202HD_TRN    DS  HL2         Number of triplets - 3 at this time
DS    XL2    Reserved, recorded as zero
*
*  Triplets
SMF202IDOff     DS  FL4         Offset to Identification section
SMF202IDLen    DS  HL2 Length of Identification section
SMF202IDNum    DS  HL2         Number of Ident sections - always one
*
SMF202PROff     DS  FL4         Offset to Product section
SMF202PRLen     DS  HL2         Length of Product section
SMF202PRNum     DS  HL2         Number of Prod sects - 1 at this time
*
SMF202FNOff     DS  FL4         Offset to Filename section
SMF202FNLen    DS  HL2 Length of Filename section
SMF202FNNum    DS  HL2         Number of File sects - 0 or 1
*
*     End of header portion
SMF202HD_Length EQU *-SMF202Header
*
*     Identification section -- common to all SMF 202 records
SMF202Ident   DSECT ,
SMF202ID_Comp   DS  CL8         Component that wrote this SMF record
*     At this time this field will always be recorded as C'CZAWSMFT'
SMF202ID_Build DS  CL4          Build number of above in numeric EBCDIC
SMF202ID_Env DS  C    Environment
SMF202ID_TSO      EQU  C'T'       TSO is only environment at present
DS  X        Filler
SMF202ID_UserID DS  CL8          User ID
SMF202ID_Group  DS  CL8          Group name
SMF202ID_JobNm  DS  CL8          Job, STC or TSO session name
SMF202ID_ProcSt DS  CL8  Cataloged procedure step name
SMF202ID_StepNm DS  CL8          Jobstep name
SMF202ID_JobID  DS  CL8          JES "job number"
*    The first character of SMF202_JobID may be used to determine the
*    type of work: J=JOB, S=STC, T=TSO, etc.
SMF202ID_ExecSt DS  CL8         Job or session start in TOD format
*     The following six fields are binary zeros if not TSO
SMF202ID_Term   DS  CL8 Terminal name
SMF202ID_NetID  DS  CL8         Network ID
SMF202ID_IPv6   DS  XL16        IPv6 or IPv6-formatted IPv4 Address
SMF202ID_Port   DS  H           Port number
SMF202ID_CharS  DS  CL2         Character Set
SMF202ID_CodePg DS  CL2         Code Page
SMF202ID_UsrNm  DS  CL20        User name from ACEEUNAM
SMF202ID_RUTKN  DS  CL80        RACF User Token (RUTKN) from ACEETOKP
SMF202ID_CVTTZ  DS  F           Local time offset from CVTTZ
*    CVTTZ is the difference between local time and UTC (Coordinated
*     Universal Time) in binary units of 1.048576 seconds.
*
*    End of Identification section
DS   0F         Assure alignment
SMF202ID_Length EQU  *-SMF202Ident
*
*     Product Section
SMF202Product DSECT ,
SMF202PR_Prod   DS    CL8       Product to which this section applies
*     For subtype 1 this field will be recorded as C'CZAIND$D'
SMF202PR_Build DS    CL4   Build number of above in numeric EBCDIC
*
*     The following fields are for a CZAIND$D product section
SMF202PI_Cmd   DS   CL8     Actual command used by TSO users
SMF202PI_RetCd  DS   F       Return code from IND$FILE
SMF202PI_Dur   DS   F       Duration in hundredths of a second
SMF202PI_Dir   DS   X       Direction of file transfer
SMF202PI_Unknown EQU   0         Unknown or invalid
SMF202PI_Get      EQU   1         User specified GET = Download
SMF202PI_Put        EQU   2         User specified PUT = Upload
SMF202PI_RECFM      DS    C         RECFM specified by user
SMF202PI_RECFM_No EQU   0         RECFM not specified
SMF202PI_RECFM_F    EQU   C'F'      RECFM(F) specified
SMF202PI_RECFM_V    EQU   C'V'      RECFM(V) specified
SMF202PI_RECFM_U    EQU   C'U'      RECFM(U) specified
*     Above are valid RECFM values but whatever user coded is recorded
SMF202PI_Opt DS   B Various bit-mapped options
SMF202PI_Append     EQU   X'80'     APPEND specified
SMF202PI_ASCII    EQU   X'40'     ASCII specified
SMF202PI_CRLF       EQU   X'20'     CRLF specified
SMF202PI_New      EQU   X'10'     NEW specified
SMF202PI_NoTrunc    EQU   X'08'     NOTRUNC specified
SMF202PI_Unrec    EQU   X'01'     One or more unrecognized options
SMF202PI_Space  DS    BSPACE        specification
SMF202PI_AvBlock    EQU   1         AVBLOCK  specified
SMF202PI_Cyls       EQU   2      CYLINDERS specified
SMF202PI_Tracks     EQU   3         TRACKS specified
SMF202PI_AvBlk  DS    FAVBLOCK(value) as specified, else zero
SMF202PI_Prim   DS    FSPACE Primary as specified, else zero
SMF202PI_Sec    DS    FSPACE Secondary as specified, else zero
SMF202PI_BlkSi  DS    FBLKSIZE as  specified, else  zero
SMF202PI_LRECL  DS    FLRECL as  specified,  else  zero
SMF202PI_OptAPVU DS   B Various bit-mapped APVUFILE options
SMF202PI_BLANK      EQU   X'80'  BLANK   specified
SMF202PI_JISCII   EQU   X'40'     JISCII specified
SMF202PI_NOSO      EQU   X'20'     NOSO specified
SMF202PI_SO       EQU   X'10'     SO specified
SMF202PI_USER       EQU   X'08'     USER specified
DS    XL3       Filler for alignment                *
*    
End of Product Section
SMF202PI_Align  DS   0F         Assure alignment
SMF202PI_Length EQU  *-SMF202Product
*
* Filename Section
SMF202Filename   DSECT ,
SMF202FN_Type    DS    X         Type of filename
SMF202FN_SAM     EQU   1     Sequential legacy dataset
SMF202FN_PDS     EQU   2     PDS - Member name present
SMF202FN_USS     EQU   3          HFS or zFS (not used at present)
 DS    X       Filler
SMF202FN_Member  DS    CL8      Member name, else zeros
SMF202FN_FNlen   DS    H        Length of filename
SMF202FN_Name    DS    CL44  Actual length 1 to 44
*     Note that if we were to support HFS files Name could be > 44
*
*    End of Filename Section
DS   0F         Assure alignment
SMF202FN_Length EQU  *-SMF202Filename

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