Preset-security terminals and transaction routing

Preset-security for a terminal is determined by the specification of the USERID parameter.

When considering the security aspects of transaction routing from a preset-security terminal, remember that preset-security is an attribute of the terminal rather than of the user who is performing the transaction routing request.

During transaction routing, CICS® creates a surrogate terminal in the AOR to represent the terminal at which the transaction routing request was issued. Whether the surrogate terminal has preset- security or not depends upon a number of factors: