We are writing a requestor client in CICS, and are communicating with a web service on a distributed box. They require us to digitally sign the request message. The little box does not understand EBCDIC, so I have to convert the signature to ascii.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 11:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Convert to base64 help (Cross posted from IBM-Main) "Ward, Mike S" wrote: >Thanks to all who replied. You are correct. Adding an EBCDIC to ASCII >conversion routine resolved the problem. Note, however, that it validates your routine but does NOT mean you want to be doing this conversion with your data before Base64ing it, because you're just going to mess up the data. Or if your data is in the set of "normal" characters, why are you Base64ing it? What's the problem you're trying to solve here? Base64 is normally used to allow safe transmission of strings that may contain non-typable/non-translatable characters. Apologies if you knew this; it just sounded like "Oh, good, now that I've added etoa() I'm done"... ...phsiii ========================== This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
