Address Resolution Service (ARS) Security

Security for the ARS is administered by the Access Control Service (ACS). As with other CygNet services, security is set on an application and event basis. The security events are listed in the ARS Events table below.

The following tables provide details about ARS security settings. See also Security.

Service Application Name Main Security Event Component-Level Security Subject to Application Override

ARS (name defined in service code)

CHANGE (name defined in service code)

No

No

ARS Events

Event Event Description Authorization Tasks

CHANGE

Service content management

0-None

View list of service records in the service.

View properties of service records

1-Read

Inclusive

2-Update

Edit properties of service records

Add and delete service records

3-Add

Inclusive

4-Delete

Inclusive

5-Admin

Inclusive

ODBC

Access service records from an ODBC-compliant application

0-None

None

1-Read

View records in the service

2-Update

Edit existing records

3-Add

Add records

4-Delete

Delete records

5-Admin

Inclusive

RFACDEFS

Access to the Relative Facility Definitions Sets file (RelativeFacilityDefs.xml) in the ARS directory

Note: Required when using
CygNet.API.Facilities.Relative.RelativeFacilityDefinitionSets
to update the Relative Facility Definitions Sets file.

0-None

None

1-Read

Read file

2-Update

Edit file

3-Add

Inclusive

4-Delete

Delete file

5-Admin

Inclusive

SVCINFO

Miscellaneous GenServe security management

Note: The SVCINFO event allows changes to log settings and use of the GlobalFunctions method SetGenserveInfo without requiring higher privileges on other actions. Other tasks are listed at right.

0-None

None

5-Admin

Permission level required to perform the following tasks:

  • Give ConfigFileManager remote access to service configuration files
  • Change log settings
  • Change audit levels
  • Perform on-demand backups
  • Request an activation check