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Crypto HW

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The Symmetric Algorithm Decipher callable service does not provide support to handle JWE Compact Serialization and none of the other callable services have support for this functionality.

The Symmetric Algorithm Decipher callable service does not provide support to handle JWE Compact Serialization and none of the other callable services have support for this functionality.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Future consideration

ChaCha20-Poly1305 for IBM Z and LinuxONE

Requesting system hardware support particularly in IBM Crypto Express features (but also in CP Assist for Cryptographic Processing, and in operating system and middleware exploiters such as z/OS System SSL) for the ChaCha stream cipher (at least t...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Future consideration

Crypto Hardware Adjunct Processor Assignment

Crypto Adjunct Processors (APs) are assigned to Crypto PCHIDs at Power-on Reset time. In our experience they differ across multiple z15s despite being identical in hardware configuration. Can we manually assign APs to PCHIDs even if it requires a ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 1 Future consideration

Formatting Method PKOAEP2 in callable service CSNDPKE

Implement the PKOAEP2 formatting method (RSA DSI PKCS #1 v2.1 RSAES-OAEP) in the callable service CSNDPKE (PKA Encrypt). Currently PKOAEP2 is available in the callable services CSNDSYX and CSNDSYI2.
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Planned for future release

simplify repair actions of broken crypto cards

If a crypto card has broken in zHW, it is very complex to bring a replaced card in production again. Two or more people has to be at TKE to do that. Usually, this people are not at standby, so it could last a couple of days to be fully redundant a...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

Enable the exchange of MDK keys to Visa using TR-31 Key Block Version B, mode of use=N

We are unable to send MDK keys to Visa using TR-31 Key Block Version B as they use Thales payShield HSMs which only support Mode of Use=N whereas IBM only supports Mode of Use=X.
about 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Planned for future release

eIDAS for ICSF and MCL for CEX*S

Remote Signatures according eIDAS (eIDAS is an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. It is a set of standards for electronic identification and trust services for electron...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Not under consideration

Copy the contents of a crypto card to a new crypto card after a defective card has been replaced

After a replacement of single cryptocard, in case of a broken card, it should be possible to copy the complete config from another active card in the CEC.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

Specify of the slot location for the CryptoExpress

Allow customer specification of the slot location for the Crypto card.Customer requested to specify of the slot location of the CryptoExpress with new AP number. It is also effective for ensuring redundancy.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

New verb for time adjustment in crypto card and sync daemon

A new verb for the crypto cards is needed which allows to adjust the internal clock by a max. of 2 seconds per day.This verb needs his own access point.The intention is to keep the internal crypto card clock synchronized with the server time which...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Planned for future release

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