There are a few code changes, I can open a test pr and see if that's enough.

Apart from that perhaps it's useful to perf test it if possible.

Apparently FedRamp compliance approval can be used to upmark a service
price because apparently being compliant is a selling point.

Regards,
Anup


On Fri, Feb 26, 2021, 4:46 PM Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Any implication on the project's release process to comply with FIPS if it
> turns on by default?
>
> - Henry
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:56 PM Anup Ghatage <ghat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Bookies,
> >
> > FIPS is 'Federal Information Processing Standard'. Basically it's a set
> of
> > guidelines for security functions such as encryption/decryption/RNG etc.
> > Applications running in FIPS mode are said to be more secure as they
> adhere
> > to more stringent standards.
> > Java's security framework is extensible via the JCE (Java crypto
> extension)
> > allows us to use libraries which implement these functions.
> > In general we use BouncyCastle as it has an active and supportive
> community
> > and also maintains the fips versions of their libraries.
> >
> > Pulsar currently has FIPS support but it's not on by default, I had a
> chat
> > with Jia about it and he mentioned that there is no specific reason as to
> > why we run without it.
> > I was wondering what the community thinks about keeping it on by default
> > for bookkeeper?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anup
> >
>

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