David Stokes wrote <begin extract> CEX otoh is accessed via a queuing mechanism. It is asynchronous and suspends the executing work unit until the crypto-operation is complete (along with encrypting and decrypting keys etc). </end extract>
In its standard use the word 'asynchronous' and the behavior he describes are incompatible. Did he perhaps mean 'synchronous' instead? Or is he using the word 'asynchronous' in a private, arcane sense? If so, he needs to explain that very special sense. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
