Came across another article on this same subject. Almost seems that the two
authors collaborated (colluded?) in producing their versions of the
articles.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3006897/legacy-cobol-code-an-increasing-problem-in-computer-security-claims-research
"Common sense is not so common."
* Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764)
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]>
wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_
> the_United_States
> Just made other countries share their non-us encryption software.
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Martin Packer
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not to disagree with anything anyone has said, I think one thing might
> > work against us:
> >
> > I don't know when restrictions on encryption were lifted but when I first
> > was involved with encryption in the late 1980's it was pretty restrictive
> > who could have it.
> >
> > So the point is - because of the restricted availability - it's possible
> > the injection of encryption into sites and applications might be less
> than
> > desirable.
> >
> > But I hope the world has changed enough for most sites to have caught up
> > with the need to implement it.
> >
> > Cheers, Martin
> >
> > Martin Packer,
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> > Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM
> >
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> or
> >
> > https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-
> topics/id1127943573?mt=2
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Todd Arnold <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: 20/03/2017 16:06
> > Subject: Re: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S.
> > government breaches
> > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> >
> > Gee, I've been developing crypto technology for 30+ years that runs in
> > those environments - so it's certainly news to me that it can't be done
> > :-)
> >
> > Looking at the ICSF Application Programmer's Guide, which defines the
> ways
> > most z/OS applications get cryptographic services, I see this:
> >
> > ICSF callable services can be called from application programs written
> > in a number
> > of high-level languages as well as assembler. The high-level languages
> > are:
> > - C
> > - COBOL
> > - FORTRAN
> > - PL/I
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