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Encryption Facility

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Cipher preference order when using JCECCARACFKS

When using JCECCARACFKS for pgp certificate creation, EF is not honoring on export option -eA racf algorithms for cipher preference order. Neither does it help when overriding those options for encryption and hashing algorithms with -cipher-name o...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 0 Not under consideration

-eA command: set key flags in accordance with RACF key usage

Our keys for OpenPGP are stored as X.509 certificates in RACF. Here key usage may be specified, for instance "Key Usage: DOCSIGN" or "Key Usage: DATAENCRYPT". When using Encryption Facility for exporting these (with the -eA command), Encryption Fa...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

TKDS Support with Encryption Facility

Encryption Facility (EF) currently supports the ICSF CKDS and PKDS. The TKDS was implemented in ICSF after the initial EF support. Would be great to add that final KDS to the list of supported key stores.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 1 Not under consideration

Encryption Facility should use JZOS API WTOMESSAGE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0208136026User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0208136026Title: Encryption Facility should use JZOS API WTOMESSAGESubmitted By: Ghislaine Dietlin/France/IBMOriginators Area: ITS supportFPOC: John Petreshock/Pou...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0318146227User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0318146227Title: Issue warning message when -homedir points to an invalid directory or file.Submitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encrypti...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0321114937User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0321114937Title: 4096-bit RSA key support for Encryption Facility for z/OS CSDFILEN (Encrypt) and CSDFILDE (Decrypt) batch programsSubmitted By: Ingo Franzki/Germa...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Encryption Facility to be invoked through SMS contructs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0416077013User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0416077013Title: Encryption Facility to be invoked through SMS contructsSubmitted By: Stanley Jon/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/OS Q&AFPOC: John Petreshock/Po...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessors

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR051208658User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR051208658Title: Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessorsSubmitted By: Cheri Prendergast/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encr...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithms

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0629125019User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0629125019Title: EF OpenPGP for z/OS does not support Private/Experimental algorithmsSubmitted By: David Hilliard/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: IBM Systems Lab...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration

Utility to export public key from OpenPGP certificate into RACF.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0930082224User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0930082224Title: Utility to export public key from OpenPGP certificate into RACF.Submitted By: Stanley Jon/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/OS Q&AFPOC: John Petr...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration