Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-27 Thread Hal Merritt
[mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list Raymond Noal wrote: Rather than a list of user's of the HW crypto feature, would not the security/certification level of the IBM

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-23 Thread R.S.
Raymond Noal wrote: Rather than a list of user's of the HW crypto feature, would not the security/certification level of the IBM processor's be even more impressive? For me ? Yes. But I don't need to convince myself. My opinion must be biased, because I'm mainframe bigot. And last, but not

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-23 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. jayare...@hotmail.com (J R) writes: As Ted mentioned, Canadian banks use it. It is also used extensively by European banks and those in the Antipodes. What do these banks have

ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread R.S.
According to the ICSF documentation ICSF API (with crypto HW) do support financial functions like PIN verification. Is any customer reference list available ? Maybe somewhere on IBM website? Other suppliers provide such lists. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul.

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread Ted MacNEIL
According to the ICSF documentation ICSF API (with crypto HW) do support financial functions like PIN verification. Is any customer reference list available ? Maybe somewhere on IBM website? Other suppliers provide such lists. All the Canadian banks have been using it for years. Before that,

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread Hal Merritt
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list According to the ICSF documentation ICSF API (with crypto HW) do support financial functions

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread R.S.
Hal Merritt wrote: IBM does not, to my knowledge, disclose any details about their customers. Institutions that may use the facility often frown upon any public discussions. Even if they were willing, they have their customers' wishes to consider. What would you like to know? I'd like

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread Raymond Noal
Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list Hal Merritt wrote: IBM does not, to my knowledge, disclose any details about their customers. Institutions

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread J R
is inherently more secure than attached outboard offerings and benchmarks an order of magnitude faster. Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:24:28 +0100 From: r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl Subject: Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Hal Merritt wrote

Re: ICSF and VISA/MasterCard?amex reference list

2009-01-22 Thread Rob Schramm
Additionally, under PCI you have to separate test and production.. which for the external boxes... means buying more. Not so for the CEX2C's since they can be shared across LPARs. I agree about the speed. I am not sure that the actual processors run that much faster.. but the ability to use