6 Developing Web Services Using CICS, WMQ, and WMB
retained on the mainframe. Web services allow for the inclusion of security
information for authentication and authorization purposes.
1.3 Application Development in CICS TS3.1
As previously mentioned, the full support of CICS Web services was realized in
CICS TS V3.1. In this section, we list and briefly discuss the functional
enhancements that are relevant to Web services. This information is of most
interest to the application programmer to help them forge their way into new
technologies with advanced capabilities and support for modern programming
techniques.
1. Access to CICS
– Web services support
– Enhanced HTTP support
– Improved SSL support
– Support for mixed case passwords
– Improved user ...