IBM AS/400E Creating Exit Programs, Adding Your Exit Program to the Registration Facility

Creating Exit Programs
There are several steps involved in designing and writing exit programs. They
include:
1. Review the purpose of the exit point and the format of its interface
2. Define the scope and operation of your exit program
3. Design the exit program
4. Code the exit program
5. Add the exit program to the appropriate exit point in the registration facility. (See
“Adding YourExit Program to the Registration Facility” for instructions on how to
do this.)
Note: Only users with both *SECADM and *ALLOBJ authority are allowed to
add and remove TCP/IP application exit programs.
6. Testyour exit program
vTestsfor each user ID
vTestsfor each operation
The most important step in establishing security exit programs is verifying that
the exit program works. Youmust assure that the security wall works and does
not have any weaknesses.
Notes:
1. If the exit program fails or returns an incorrect output parameter, the operation
will not be allowed by the TCP/IP application.
2. Toensure the highest level of security, create the exit program in a library that
has *PUBLIC authority of *EXCLUDE and give the exit program itself a
*PUBLIC authority of *EXCLUDE. The TCP/IP application adopts authority when
it is necessary to resolve and call the exit program.
Adding Your Exit Program to the Registration Facility
Toadd your exit program, run the Work with Registration Information
(WRKREGINF) command. The following display is shown:
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