On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:53:45 -0400, Jim Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>  When you see a z/OS 1.8 MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference,
>under the DIAGxx parmlib member, it will say:
>
>VSM ALLOWUSERKEYCSA(YES|NO)
>
>  NO prevents user key CSA from being allocated by failing any
>attempt to obtain user key from a CSA subpool (via GETMAIN or
>STORAGE OBTAIN) with a B04-5C, B0A-5C, or B78-5C abend.   The
>default is YES, but IBM recommends that you specify NO to prevent
>user key CSA from being obtained.  User key CSA creates a security
>risk because any unauthorized program can modify it.  IBM plans
>to change the default to NO in a future release of z/OS.
>

Now that's what I call "supported"!  

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Mark Zelden
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