LUA Programmer's Security Guide

The following topics discuss security as it applies to the LUA section of the Host Integration Server SDK.

About LUA security for developers

LUA presents a simple API that enables programmatic control over the SNA messages. LUA has a simple structure, but exposes a complex data stream, that associated with SNA messages.

Since LUA is a low-level interface, the programmer must be especially vigilant on security issues.

Threats and mitigations for LUA

Programmers who use this feature should be aware of the following security practices and issues.

The data stream between Host Integration Server and the Mainframe is not encrypted.

LUA provides no encryption for the data stream between Host Integration Server and the Mainframe.