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Crypto HW

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PCI-HSM

Would like a way to check if configuration has changed from what they had before – for audit purposes.Auditors insist that PCI-HSM conformance is required; Would be very useful to audit whether HSM is in a compliant configuration.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Delivered

FPE algorithm support

Algorithms include FFX, VAES, BPS, and VFPE (Visa counter-mode algorithm).Keys will be in variable-length key tokens and will use new key types.Hardware necessary to accelerate these algorithms.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Delivered

ICSF support for pin block format 4

We recently had a requirement in a project to encrypt PIN codes with an input PIN block format described in ISO 9564-1:2011/Amd.1:2015. Since we didn't find it in the ICSF manual (other ISO formats like ISO-0 to 3 are described in there), we had t...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Delivered

JCE to CCA adapter for distributed platforms

Would like JCE to CCA adapter for JCE applications to utilize the crypto.JCE to CCA adapter currently exists for z/OS.Need for distributed platforms.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Delivered

4 crypto cards in System x server

Wants the ability to put at least 4 crypto cards in a single System x server.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

EKMF to show key last-used info

EKMF:Add function in EKMF to show key last-used info from host key storage and be able to sort, manage, etc.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

Decimalization Table support via CCA Node Management (CNM)

Manage weak PIN tables via CNM
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Delivered

AES master key management on CCA Node Management (CNM) Smart Card

X, AIX: AES master key management on Crypto Node Management (CNM) Smart Card
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Delivered

Consider adding ECC hardware support to CPACF

Currently only support ECC in Crypto card FW.Consider adding ECC hardware support to CPACF
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Delivered

Crypto Performance measurements

Determine if card would be better configured as accelerator or CCA.Potentially Combine CCA and fast path.
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Delivered

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