Re: PKCS #7

2023-04-13 Thread Matthew Donald
> > We need to build a CICS Transaction to obtain a PKCS #7 (token) to > authenticate a user. > > I am confused if I have to use a RACF certificate, ICSF or both. If you mean 2FA for CICS: see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6?topic=securing-support-multi-factor-authentication-using-racf

Re: PKCS #7

2023-04-13 Thread Attila Fogarasi
If you are just authenticating a user, that is normally done in the CICS security definitions, or with a RACF call for a particular resource class. For certificates there is the r_datalib call (IRRSDL00) if you are managing certificates, but that is unlikely to be done in a CICS transaction. CICS

Re: JCL EXEC PARM= default?

2023-04-13 Thread Robert Raicer
I am rather late adding to the topic discussion, so, apologies if my information is essentially redundant. The z/OS MVS JCL Reference contains the prose shown below regarding the PARM parameter of the JCL EXEC PGM statement. Yes, in order to understand the details you need to look at the

Re: AI wipes out humanity?

2023-04-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
:artificial stupidity" - see GIGO. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of billogden Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2023 10:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AI wipes out humanity? >If humans ever get so dependent on AI that they

Re: AI wipes out humanity?

2023-04-13 Thread billogden
>I have frequently caught him citing news sources that got the details wrong >- so frequently that I am now in the habit of looking up (for example) >Supreme-Court rulings to see what they actually say rather than what he >said they say. AMEN. News reports SHOULD be valuable, but this has become

Re: AI wipes out humanity?

2023-04-13 Thread billogden
>If humans ever get so dependent on AI that they blindly follow the >"advice" of an AI assistant, all it takes is for AI to feed humans a >mis-analysis of a life-threatening situation or potential extinction >event and let the humans do the damage.   Sorry, but I cannot resist an obvious