On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:22:41 -0700, Edward Jaffe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Mark Zelden wrote:
>> While the code path may be virtually the exact same in z/OS 1.8
>> with the new support as the TRAP in prior versions, "supported" means
>> that I would have been able to specify TRAPS NAME(IgvNoUserKeyCSA) on
>> any release since OS/390 R6 up to z/OS 1.8 (while the OS was still
>> supported) and IBM would debug / APAR any problem I had by specifying it.
>> I don't think that is the case.
>>
>
>Huh???! If you discover and report a user key CSA allocation in IBM
>code, they *will* take an APAR because it represents a potential
>integrity exposure. The issue is not which tool you use to find the
>exposure. The issue is the exposure itself!!
>

Ed,

I was not referring to a problem discovered by the specification 
(user key CSA), I was referring to any other (IBM) problem caused 
by using an undocumented / unsupported traps in DIAGxx. 

Cheers,

Mark
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