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Sorry for the finger checks > On Jan 18, 2019, at 17:29, Kirk Wolf <k...@wolf-associates.com> wrote: > > ICSF is currently required if you want to use the Unix /dev/random and > /dev/urandom devices. > These might be required by Unix apps (or jobs/stcs that use z/OS Unix > System services). > > For exampe: IBM OpenSSH server will not work without ICSF and /dev/random > available. > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 5:24 PM Greg Boyd <gregb...@mainframecrypto.com> > wrote: > >> ICSF is only required if you want to use the ICSF APIs, so it depends on >> what, if anything in your shop might be using the APIs. System SSL (TLS) >> will certainly leverage the APIs if you have Crypto Express cards available >> and that might provide some CPU relief. The Guardium Database Encryption >> Tool requires it if you want to encrypt IMS segments or DB2 tables at the >> row level. >> >> Pervasive is getting a lot of attention and if you're going that route, I >> would highly recommend that ICSF be active everywhere. You don't want one >> system writing ciphertext to a file and another system thinking that the >> file is cleartext. IBM is also recommending that ICSF be 'always up'. >> They have made a number of changes to the component so that it will come up >> earlier in the IPL and it should be one of the last tasks running. >> >> Given the growth in crypto workload, I take 'always up' to also mean >> 'running everywhere'. There are simply more things that can leverage ICSF, >> some optionally and some require it. >> >> I'm not sure why DFSMShsm would need ICSF active, unless they were using >> the Encryption Facility for z/OS with the DFSMSdss feature. >> >> Greg Boyd >> Mainframe Crypto >> www.mainframecrypto.com >> >> >> >> On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:16:37 +0000, Mary Kay Tubello <mtube...@humana.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Does anyone know if z/os 2.3 requires ICSF to be installed on each LPAR? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mary Kay >>> >>> Large Systems Engineering >>> IT Infrastructure >>> Humana >>> 123 E. Main St. 40202 (CT6) >>> 502-476-2772 >>> mtube...@humana.com<mailto:mtube...@humana.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
