Re: MI a good use for encryption?

From: Dan Bale <dbale@samsa.com>

> Guess I should've read the TOC before asking, eh?
> I skimmed through the chapter, Leif, and apologize if this is answered but
I
> missed it; since AES is a standard, can I assume that we can encrypt on our
> AS/400 and this can be decrypted on any other platform the data gets sent
to
> via the AES on that platform?  What happens if there are EBCDIC<>ASCII
> translations involved?

yes to first part. The EBCDIC<->ASCII is outside of the AES.
If the receiver wants ASCII, convert the EBCDIC to ASCII before
encryption.


>
> >With V5R1, there is a built in AES implementation (in the CIPHER
> >instruction).
> >You can invoke CIPHER from RPG, so you have lots of choices.
>
> No kidding!  Might be just the thing to get our sluggish V3R7 clients to
get
> current.  Is CIPHER an RPG opcode?  A built-in?  API?
>
I don't do RPG, but I seem to recall it is available, but exactly how,
somebody else must answer.