I have a question about OpenSSL FIPS mode.
I created openssl using the FIPS module, openssl 0.9.7m, and mingw on
windows. It works cross platform with openssl FIPS created on Linux; my
Solaris 10 version has been shelved for now.
I can encrypt and decrypt out of FIPS mode.
I cannot decrypt a file encrypted in FIPS mode when I am not in FIPS mode;
I cannot decrypt a file not encrypted in FIPS mode when I am in FIPS mode.
likewise, vanilla openssl does not decrypt a file created with openssl
FIPS in FIPS mode.
I thought FIPS mode just disabled ciphers. Is this the expected and
normal behavior? I have verified this on Linux and on Windows, and the
same holds for cross-platform encryption/decryption.
Thank you
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Leonard F. Elia III, CISSP
Sr. System Administrator
ConITS - NASA Langley Research Center
NCI Information Systems, Inc., Hampton VA
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