An excellent presentation indeed! Highly recommended! <g>

I do recommend the audio/video rather than just browsing the slides. I tend to 
use slides as illustrations and for emphasis, not as the entire content.

https://www.newera.com/INFO/Certificates_2021.mp4 

I don't spend a whole lot of time on digital hashes but I do cover.

Charles


-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 1:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ICSF Hash with a certain seed (Key)

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:16:37 -0300, Isabel wrote:
>
>Our scenario:
>We are running z/OS 2.2, Crypto Express 5 and FMID=HCR77B0
>
>We want to calculate a hash using sha-256 with a certain secret key (or
>seed) that is provided by someone external (and given to us). We are not
>sure how to store that key in the CKDS Dataset. The length of the key is 32
>bits and has the form of n(1)n(2)....n(32) where each n(i) is an
>hexadecimal character (I don't know why...)
> 
Are you trying to generate a digital signature?  Or transmit a message
securely?  It's a well-traveled winding trail:
    https://www.newera.com/INFO/Digital_Certificates_6-30-21.pdf

There's also a video.  I don't find a URL readily.  Is "someone external"
reinventing the wheel?

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