How to obtain password encryption information and whether PEF installed.

Products

• VM:Secure for z/VM

Issue/Introduction

How to obtain password encryption information and whether PEF installed.
 

Customer is looking for a way to obtain password encryption information from a VM:Secure user exit.

Environment

VM:Secure and PEF.

Resolution

 
Here is what you can do to get password encryption information from a VMSECURE userexit: 

/* */ 
ADDRESS 'VMSECURE' /* This gets us into the VMSECURE macro primitive environment */ 
TRANSFER PEF /* VMSECURE TRANSFER primitive */ 
PULL PEF /* pull the encryption type */ 



The encryption type will be NONE, REVERSE, FORWARD or DES3. 

You will also need to re-do your REXX 'ADDRESS' environment after the call to get the PEF information.