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What's New Table of Contents

What's New in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT 9.1 and SAS/SHARE 9.1

Overview

SAS now supports:

• the TCP/IP communications access method for network connections between these operating environments: OpenVMS Alpha, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS. Also, the XMS communications access method can be used between address spaces under z/OS.
• the network security protocol Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which encrypts connections between client and server.
• a new shell script for starting SAS is provided for the z/OS spawner.
• new instructions for configuring TCP/IP that runs under the OS/390 and z/OS operating environments.
• the new Windows spawner option -NAME.
• new options for the OpenVMS spawner, UNIX spawner, Windows spawner, and z/OS spawner are -OMRCONFIGFILE and -SASSPAWNERCN. The -INSTALLDEPENDENCIES option is valid only in the Windows spawner.

Note:

• This section describes the features of the SAS communications access methods that are new or enhanced since SAS 8.2.
• z/OS is the successor to the OS/390 operating system. Throughout this document, any reference to z/OS also applies to OS/390, unless otherwise stated.

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Details

Access Methods and Operating Environments

• SAS now supports the TCP/IP and XMS communications access methods.
• SAS now supports the OpenVMS Alpha, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS operating environments.
• SAS no longer supports the APPC, DECnet, EHLLAPI, and NETBIOS communications access methods or the CMS, OpenVMS VAX, OS/2, Windows 95, and Windows 98 operating environments.

SSL Protocol

SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE support the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which provides network security and protects the privacy of information by encrypting client/server transfers under the UNIX and Windows operating environments.

OS/390 and z/OS Operating Environments

• A new Shell Script for Starting SAS is provided for the z/OS spawner.
• New instructions are provided to configure TCP/IP that runs under the OS/390 and z/OS operating environments.

Spawners

• The new -NAME option for the Windows spawner is used to assign a name to the spawner that is installed and started as a service. A specified name overrides the default name that is automatically assigned when the -INSTALL option is used.
• New options for the OpenVMS spawner, UNIX spawner, Windows spawner, and z/OS spawner are -OMRCONFIGFILE and -SASSPAWNERCN. The new -INSTALLDEPENDENCIES option is valid only in the Windows spawner.