As Phil said: > (arguably the firmware is slightly less secure than the tamper-resistant HSM, > but the memory > used in the firmware to hold that key is protected-it's apparently not even > visible in HMC dumps)
That is correct. The memory where the key is held is associated with the CPACF hardware and its operation. That memory is part of the internal z hardware and is completely separate from any memory that the applications or operating system can see or use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
