On Friday, 09/01/2006 at 03:05 EST, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From all the talk, I take it that there is no way to decrypt the tape on > the host if a decrypting drive is not available? That sounds like a > "hole" to me.
You are correct that you need a new drive to read tapes created on the new drive. This isn't a particularly new concept, either. We've been through that with the 3480/3490/3590. And having a decrypting drive is necessary, but not sufficient. The drive must be able to access a key manager who can get the keys. The same ones used to encrypt the tape in the first place. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
