CONTROL MECHANISM FOR CONTROL OF VERSION OF CODE KEY

    公开(公告)号:JPH0619392A

    公开(公告)日:1994-01-28

    申请号:JP16707991

    申请日:1991-07-08

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To dynamically change the cryptographic master key of a system without stopping the system or spoiling the integrity of cipher processing operation that is being executed. CONSTITUTION: A cipher processing mechanism 102 and a cipher processing support program 111 are used. Individual master keys are given characteristic version numbers. When an inputted master key is used as a new current master key, the current master key used so far is changed into an old master key. When it is found from a version number attached to a received cipher processing request that the key used for the received request is a key ciphered with the old master key, the key is reciphered and converted from the key ciphered with the old master key into a key ciphered with the current master key, and the converted key is used thereafter.

    DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:JPS6234242A

    公开(公告)日:1987-02-14

    申请号:JP15813186

    申请日:1986-07-07

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: The invention relates to vector registers (VRs) which have associated therewith a vector status register (VSR) that includes VR status information in the form of vector in-use and change bits for saving and restoring (the contents of) the VRs. When the vector in-use bit for a VR is zero, the saving and subsequent restoring of the VR is eliminated because the VR is known to contain all zeros. This reduces program switching time. The vector change bit for a VR serves to reduce switching time still further by permitting the saving of a VR to be eliminated when its vector in-use bit is one but the vector change bit is zero. Although such a VR is in use, its content has not been changed since the last restore from the same save area in storage. The previously saved information is still valid. The vector change bits do not affect the restoring of vector registers and, therefore, do not reduce the restore time.

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