Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread dj
> Hello, > > I have some questions regarding table '6b - Conditional Tests' of the > 2.0.7 Security Policy. > > It is mentioned that there are continuous tests for stuck fault. Is > the meaning of 'continuous' a the matter of frequency ? Or are these > continuous tests ran each time an algorithm i

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread jonetsu
> From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Date: 02/19/15 11:34 > Subject: Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting   > The low level cipher and digest APIs cannot be used in FIPS mode: you have to > use EVP. That

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread Steve Marquess
On 02/19/2015 11:09 AM, Salz, Rich wrote: >> For instance, any of the void DES_*_encrypt(). This cursory observation is >> also supported by a vendor application code such as: > > Ah, okay. Those functions are 'just math' They depend on no external state. > They can't fail. It's shifts and m

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread Salz, Rich
> For instance, any of the void DES_*_encrypt().  This cursory observation is > also supported by a vendor application code such as: Ah, okay. Those functions are 'just math' They depend on no external state. They can't fail. It's shifts and masking, etc. > This is basically why I'm wonderin

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015, jonetsu wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: "Salz, Rich" > > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > > Date: 02/19/15 07:43 > > Subject: Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting > > >

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread jonetsu
-Original Message- > From: "Salz, Rich" > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Date: 02/19/15 07:43 > Subject: Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting > > > For that matter and in a general sense, so far I've seen that man

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread Salz, Rich
> For that matter and in a general sense, so far I've seen that many encryption > methods do not return any error code. How does error reporting generally > works ? Really? Which ones? ___ openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl

[openssl-users] FIPS, continuous tests, and error reporting

2015-02-19 Thread jone...@teksavvy.com
Hello, I have some questions regarding table '6b - Conditional Tests' of the 2.0.7 Security Policy. It is mentioned that there are continuous tests for stuck fault. Is the meaning of 'continuous' a the matter of frequency ? Or are these continuous tests ran each time an algorithm is used ? The