David Schwartz wrote: > On 3/2/2011 10:23 AM, prakgen wrote: > >> I've enabled fips in sshd (OpenSSH 5.5p1) > > Why?
He either works in, or develops products for, a DoD or federal government environment where use of FIPS validated cryptography is mandated. No one uses FIPS validated cryptography for fun (there is no technical, functional, or security advantage, in fact FIPS validated crypto is undesirable from any purely practical perspective). -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
