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Chapter 7. What-if Testing
This chapter describes how XDP can be tested before putting it into production.
As with Safeguard, XDP can run in WARNING-MODE. The system can be placed in
global WARNING_MODE initially to test the new access rules. If the DPCONF
keyword WARNING_MODE is set to ON, all access attempts are granted by XDP; in
other words, XDP returns NORECORD for all the access requests.
Unlike Safeguard, XDP’s warning mode need not be all or nothing. Individual entries
can be set in WARNING_MODE if desired. XDP can be configured to enforce
WARNING_MODE only for individual DPGroups in the DPACL File. If
WARNING_MODE is set to ON for a particular DPGroup, all access requests for
objects matching the selection criteria in this DPGroup are granted by XDP using a
NORECORD response.
If the DPCONF keyword WARNING_MODE is set to ON and the individual groups in
the DPACL file have the keyword WARNING_MODE set to OFF, then XDP will turn all
the results to NORECORD because the DPCONF keyword is global.
If the DPCONF keyword WARNING_MODE is set to ON and the individual entries in
the DPACL keyword have WARNING_MODE also set to OFF, then the DPACL
keyword takes precedence over DPCONF keyword.
When XDP is in warning mode, every result is NORECORD.
7.1
Testing Access Rules in Warning Mode
When XDP is in WARNING_MODE, it converts all access requests to “NoRecord” so
that the actual ruling falls to Safeguard or Guardian.
When doing What-if testing while XDP is in WARNING_MODE, you can, for testing
purposes, tell XDP to ignore the fact that a particular rule or the entire system is in
WARNING_MODE. By doing this, XDP will report the actual outcome instead of
NORECORD. Use the IGNOREWARNING interactive keyword described in
section 7.11.8
on page 61.
Sample DPACL file:
! ACL groups.
ACLGROUP $JUSTME QA.TST
ACLGROUP $JUSTONE QATSTSW.MGR
DPGROUP BASE24
FILEDEF ENCRFILE,CARDFILE,TESTER,XDPENCR,FORMT2E,FORMT2K,FORMT2R
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