Macro-based automation

  • What is your host type?
  • What application do users go through to access the network? Tivoli Access Manager? Netegrity Siteminder? Microsoft Active Directory (Windows Domain)? Portal Server?
  • Are you planning to customize your own Network Security plug-in? If so, do you have someone on hand who has some J2EE knowledge and experience working with J2EE-compliant servlets?
  • What Web application server are you using? IBM WebSphere Application Server? BEA WebLogic? Apache Tomcat?
  • For non-Portal environments, do you have a J2EE-compliant Web application server to deploy the Credential Mapper Servlet (CMS) to your Web server?
  • What will you use as your Host Credential Mapper (HCM) database? IBM DB2? Portal Server Credential Vault? LDAP?
  • Do you plan to use DCAS on a z/OS platform?
  • Are you using client certificates for security?