On Thu, Sep 15, 2011, Kenneth Goldman wrote:

> I have a preinstalled Linux OpenSSL package, where "openssl version" says 
> OpenSSL 1.0.0-fips 29 Mar 2010.
> 

That is a non-standard FIPS version specific to some Linux distros. You should
ask in the distro specific mailing lists.

> I have the development libraries, but ECDSA headers like e.g., ecdsa.h are 
> missing.  In the library, I don't see e.g., EC_KEY_new().
> 
> Is this expected?  Do I have a fips build?  Is ECDSA missing from the FIPS 
> build?  Or is there simply something wrong with my package?
> 

If it is based one the 1.2.x module then it wont include any EC. The upcoming
2.0 validation will support EC.

Steve.
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