Compaq OSI/FTAM D43, OSI/APLMGR D43 manual Security Group File Attributes, Access-Control Attribute

Compaq FTAM Responder Support of	Security Group File Attributes
ISO FTAM Functions

Table 4-11. FTAM Storage Attributes and Corresponding Compaq File Attributes (continued)

Storage	Level of Support	Compaq File Attributes
Attributes
Identity of creator	Partial if protected by	owner
	Safeguard security software
	or if document
	type is NBS-9;
	Full if protected by Guardian
	environment
Identity of last	Partial
modifier
Identity of last	Partial
reader
Identity of last	Partial
attribute modifier
File availability	Full	always available
Filesize	Full for files other than	eof-pointer
	NBS-9;
	Partial for NBS-9
Future filesize	Full for files other than	max-filesize (read attribute)
	NBS-9;	max-extents (change attribute)
	Partial for NBS-9

Security Group File Attributes

The remote responder and local initiator negotiate security attributes. The responder fully supports some security attributes while only partially supporting others. If a partially supported attribute is referenced, the Compaq responder indicates that no value is available. You cannot change a partially supported attribute. Table 4-12 shows Compaq support for security attributes.

Table 4-12. Security Attributes Supported by the Compaq FTAM Responder

Security Attributes	Level of Support
Access control	Partial if protected by Safeguard security software;
	Full if protected by Guardian environment∗
Legal qualifications	Partial

∗In accordance with ISO 8571-2, clause 12.16, the Compaq responder supports only a single action list for the access-control attribute.

Access-Control Attribute

The ISO FTAM access-control attribute is a set of access-control elements, with each element consisting of an action-list field and, optionally, concurrency-access, identity, passwords, and location fields. The access-control attribute defines the conditions under

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