Right Some examples:
- The HMAC and Cipher calls that are better on CPACF than card anyway - With the latest (A0) level of ICSF, the Unix /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices will work if ICSF is started, and no longer require a co-processor card Both of these examples will significantly improve the performance of IBM Ported Tools OpenSSH on z/OS. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]>wrote: > On 09/19/13 10:48, John Chase wrote: > >> Hi, List, >> >> On z/OS 1.13: >> >> Q1: Is there anything to be gained, running ICSF without any >> cryptographic coprocessors installed? >> >> Q2: Is anything "lost" by NOT running ICSF without cryptographic >> coprocessors installed? >> >> TIA, >> >> -jc- >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ---------- >> >> > Any of the ICSF API's that require the card will fail. Those that are > implemented in the processor will work. > > -- > Mark Jacobs > Time Customer Service > Tampa, FL > ---- > > The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe... > The loud ones only take the credit. > > Londo Mollari - Babylon 5 > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
