On Tuesday, 06/12/2007 at 04:11 MST, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

> The hardware solution of encrypted tape drives is pushed alot because 
z/OS has
> so much data that should be encrypted and z/VM can use them too, but not 
as
> friendly as if you were strictly z/OS. 

Huh?  Using an encrypting tape drive on z/VM is as easy as specifying the 
key label on ATTACH.

> What I haven't figured out about them is
> how to prove to the security auditors that the data is REALLY encrypted.

Quoting some news articles on the web, IBM is in the process of having the 
TS1120 FIPS 140-2 certified.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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