I would think that the RFE would provide IBM with documentation on the number of customers interested in this. And to show IBM MGT it is worth the investment in time and coding.
>From what I have seen working with vendors, just because it makes sense does >not mean it would be a priority for work. On the other hand, if there is an RFE then then numbers can show it should be higher on the product enhancement ladder. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: smp/e sha-2 support? > > We asked IBM support about implementing SHA2 for the SMP/E FTP download > process and was told to open an RFE. That seems kinda insane given that SHA-1 > seems to be heading to the heap of obsolete technologies. > > Can anyone shed any light on this? Opening an RFE seems absurd given that > this is an industry standard for security that we are being forced into as I > type this and I'm sure we're not the only IBM customer who will be impacted by > the lack of SHA2 support. > > Thanks - just something for the weekends discussion > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) > Mainframe Systems Programmer > Enterprise Infrastructure Support (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) VA OI&T Service > Delivery & Engineering > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
