> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2011 08:55:15 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote:
>
> >I might understand (due to "I don't want to set it up") not setting
up SSH.
> > But are there any installations not running TCP/IP these days?
> >
> I should add we have SSH installed but not successfully configured
> on some of our systems because we lack the (separately priced? Am
> I correct?) hardware feature required for /dev/random. The mind
> boggles; z/OS /dev/random uses a PRNG, and for that specialized
> hardware is necessary?
The "specialized hardware" (crypto card) is not _required_, even at z/OS
1.11. Our only use of the ssh capability (so far) is sftp, for which
the "software" PRNG works acceptably well for us.
-jc-
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