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    Requesting enhancement to allow Hex assigned domain number for crypto card naming convention

    Wells Fargo Bank has asked IBM to submit a request for enhancement to allow a crypto card to have a hex assigned Domain Number verses decimal only for naming convention and management simplicity. This would enable large complex customers the abili...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Not under consideration

    Coordinated change master keys and key storage from TKE workstation

    [Request] Create consistent Key Set function from TKE workstation to Domain Group on Linux only environment. [Issue]-Inconsistent master key “SET” operation from TKE workstation on z/Linux only environment-Cannot use “Set, immediate”, because this...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Future consideration

    Cipher Text Translate to suport ASYM<-->SYMMETRIC translations

    3rd party clients are using ASYM PKCS11 encrypt/decrypt to send for example CC numbers to us. Vice Versa as well. Local DB2 database stores the CC numbers using a symmetric key.Would like a enhancement to CIPHER text translate or new function to p...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 10 Not under consideration

    CMT#AB6351

    When Correctable Error(CE) occurs in the CPU L3 cache in LinuxONE, db2sysc/gskit issues KMC instruction,After recovering Correctable Error (CE), HW recovery failed because KMC instruction could not rerun that original data was already encripted.IP...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Future consideration

    Heart beat for crypto in non-secure data centers

    This requirement is for machines that exist in non-secure data centers.This is a request for a way to shut down the crypto card under conditions when a heartbeat from the customer ceases – or maybe allow admin. functions but nothing else at that p...
    about 11 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Not under consideration

    Add zkey / paes support for the ZFS filesystem encryption

    Canonical/Ubuntu is exploring using ZFS native encryption (without LUKS) when deploying on the ZFS Linux filesystem. ZFS is already available on Ubuntu Server for s390x. Currently with LUKS on s390x installers default to using zkey/paes if availab...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 4 Not under consideration

    Diversified Asymmetric keys

    Would like to create diversified asymmetric keys based on a "master/seed" assymmetric key pair.Similar to what we can currently do with diversified symmetric keys. Would like this primarily for ECC.However RSA probably should also be include...And...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Not under consideration

    Support for Diffie-Hellman in the crypto coprocessor cards (CEXnC)

    We call in our CICS applications external webservices and external http requests, which are hosted at external Partners, means there is a http conversation between CICS and an external Partner, in which CICS has the role Client. For security reaso...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Future consideration

    Calculation of ECC public key from private key

    An ECC private key in the clear is derived by some function and will be used later for signatures. The corresponding ECC public key can be calculated from the private key.This function is probably available in the Crypto Express 5 cards of IBM, bu...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 8 Not under consideration

    Use of crypto in DR machines in non-secure data centers

    Customer has DR machines at a service provider that are not in use, but are loaded with master keys so they are immediately available. Wants to know how to prevent the service provider from using the cards in those machines, with their keys. Can n...
    about 11 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 5 Not under consideration

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