Chris Brook wrote:

> If I read your reply right, responsibility for DAC and Known Answer Test
> checking is the responsibility of the app developer, though you will provide
> the DAC checksum for the crypto module.  Have you also included the KATs,
> since they essentially exist the OpenSSL test modules?

_Everything_ is included.

> Since OpenSSL is providing source code (which presumably includes the DAC
> checksum generation code), what's to prevent a user modifying the crypto
> code and regenerating the checksum?

Nothing. What's to prevent you claiming you're using FIPS-140 certified
stuff and not doing so? Nothing. That's not the way it works.

Cheers,

Ben.

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