MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS Overview
The MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS v2.6.0 (z/MQSSX) is a solution that allows a company to control and restrict who is accessing an IBM MQ resource. The security exit will operate with IBM MQ v5.3.1 v6.0, v7.0, v7.1, v8.0, v9.0, v9.1, v9.2, v9.3 and v9.4 in z/OS v1.4 or higher environments. It works with Server Connection, Receiver, Requester and Cluster-Receiver channels of IBM MQ queue manager.
The MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS solution is comprised of a server-side security exit.
Server-Side Security Exit Summary
- The server-side security exit is available as:
- z/OS load-module
- The server-side security exit major features are:
- Allow or restrict the incoming UserID against a regular expression pattern
- Support for Proxy UserIDs
- Allow or restrict the incoming IP address against a regular expression pattern
- Allow or restrict the incoming Hostname against a regular expression pattern
- Allow or restrict the incoming SSL DN against a regular expression pattern
- Limit the number of incoming channel connections on a SVRCONN channel.
- Allow or restrict the use of the 'CHIN' or CHIN's started-task UserIDs
- Includes a CHAD exit used to secure cluster channels
- Ability to set the maximum number of allowable connections per a given channel (MCC)
- Ability to monitor for excessive client connections (ECC) and then generate an alert
- Provides logging capability for all connecting client applications regardless if they were successful or not.
- Provides logging capability via Write To Operator (WTO) facility.
Pricing
- The server-side security exits are provided in the format of a native z/OS load-module for z/OS v1.4 or higher. The pricing of Capitalware's MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS solution is on a 'per queue manager' basis.
| Product | Price (USD) * | Ordering |
| MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS (per license**) | $999.00 | |
| Yearly maintenance and support fee | 15% | |
| Total | $1149.00 |
* Volume discounts available for as low as $899.00 USD per license plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee.
** MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS is licensed on a per z/OS queue manager basis.
- Each licensed user will receive:
- Full version of MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS
- Free updates / upgrades to any version 2.x release.
- Email/ Help Desk support
| Enterprise License for MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS: |
| Enterprise License for MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS sells for $15,000 USD plus 15% yearly maintenance and support fee. An enterprise license will allow a company to have unlimited number of z/OS queue managers use MQ Standard Security Exit for z/OS at an unlimited number of locations. |