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> > What is the rationale for limiting CIPHER source length to only 64 > bytes? Phil, the CIPHER instruction on S/38 did not have this limitation. I think CIPHER on the AS/400 has been deliberately crippled to prevent you from using it to do encryption for 1) marketing reasons. IBM wants to sell you cryptographic support 2) export problems with strong encryption Also, the S/38 could decrypt while the AS/400 cannot. So the CIPHER instruction has been crippled to the point where it really only can be used to one-way encrypt passwords. +--- | This is the MI Programmers Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MI400@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MI400-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MI400-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: dr2@cssas400.com +---
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