https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States Just made other countries share their non-us encryption software.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Martin Packer <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to disagree with anything anyone has said, I think one thing might > work against us: > > I don't know when restrictions on encryption were lifted but when I first > was involved with encryption in the late 1980's it was pretty restrictive > who could have it. > > So the point is - because of the restricted availability - it's possible > the injection of encryption into sites and applications might be less than > desirable. > > But I hope the world has changed enough for most sites to have caught up > with the need to implement it. > > Cheers, Martin > > Martin Packer, > zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, > Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/ or > > https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 > > > > From: Todd Arnold <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 20/03/2017 16:06 > Subject: Re: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. > government breaches > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > Gee, I've been developing crypto technology for 30+ years that runs in > those environments - so it's certainly news to me that it can't be done > :-) > > Looking at the ICSF Application Programmer's Guide, which defines the ways > most z/OS applications get cryptographic services, I see this: > > ICSF callable services can be called from application programs written > in a number > of high-level languages as well as assembler. The high-level languages > are: > - C > - COBOL > - FORTRAN > - PL/I > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
