Thanks.  I had assume "common" to mean that it was common across vendors.  
Apparently it is common only across IBM platforms.



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> From: Todd Arnold <arno...@us.ibm.com>
>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
>Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 7:32 PM
>Subject: Re: IBM Mainframe (1980's) on You tube
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>> I've only found ICSF and CCA for Linux on IBM System z.
>> Since CCA is meant to be "common" I was wondering if it was implemented by 
>> anyone outside of IBM itself.
>
>I don't know of any non-IBM products that are designed to support CCA, but it 
>is common to all the IBM platforms.  You've apparently only found it for the 
>mainframe (ICSF (z/OS) and Linux), but it is also supported - with the same 
>crypto cards - on Power systems running either AIX or IBM i, and on x86 
>servers running Linux or Windows (although Windows is by special contract 
>these days).  You can find some info on the cards and CCA for those systems 
>starting at http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards.
>
>- Todd Arnold
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