AES256 Encryption in Top Secret vs. KDFAES encryption in RACF
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AES256 Encryption in Top Secret vs. KDFAES encryption in RACF

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Article ID: 201194

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Top Secret Top Secret - LDAP WEB ADMINISTRATOR FOR TOP SECRET

Issue/Introduction

Top Secret encryption is currently 256AES.
Is there a similar encryption in Top Secret to RACF's KDFAES encryption?

Environment

Release : 16.0

Component : CA Top Secret for z/OS

Resolution

The Top Secret and ACF2 implementation of AES256 for passwords is equivalent to RACF KDFAES encryption.
KDFAES is IBM RACF's version of AES256 encryption.