On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Michael Klaeschen
<michael.klaesc...@deutscherring.de> wrote:
> with code signing, you can apply a signature to your programs. Compare
> chapter 10 of RACF Security Admin Guide. The signature is invalidated by
> any kind of modification to the program (e.g. by a virus). A program is
> rejected from being loaded in case an invalid signature is found.
> Cryptographic hardware helps you to manage your certificates used for the
> signature and it is said to check the validity somewhat faster than the
> CP. But crypto hardware should not be prerequisite to enable program
> signing.

Sure, but what Radoslaw said is really the answer: "No".
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