1 Chapter 1. Policy Agent (PAGENT) The Policy Agent is a component within server platforms that is responsible for implementing policy decisions. This chapter focuses on the z/OS Communications Server Policy Agent and its related security functions. Policy Agent enforces a set of rules and policies that dictate how users, applications, and organizations can access and use IT resources. We show how policy-based networking introduces a centralized policy storage approach, and how it interacts with other security functions. This chapter discusses the following. Section 1.1, "Policy Agent description" on page 4 Topic We discuss the idea behind using Policy Agent as a central repository for policies. We also discuss Policy Agents basic concepts. Here we show a basic Policy Agent installation. This section describes how to set up TRMD to work in conjunction with IDS to handle Policy Agent messages. 1.2, "Implementing PAGENT on z/OS" on page 10 1.3, "Setting up TRMD" on page 19 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006. All rights reserved. 3