Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-04 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf > Of Salz, Rich via openssl-users > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 11:42 > > >My personal priority list for OpenSSL is bug fixes and code cleanup > > (static > > and dynamic analysis of the 1.1.x codebase would be g

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-02 Thread Jordan Brown
On 12/2/2017 6:35 AM, Michael Wojcik wrote: > My personal priority list for OpenSSL is bug fixes and code cleanup > (static and dynamic analysis of the 1.1.x codebase would be good, and > one of these days I'll get around to doing it myself), and continuing > the TLSv1.3 implementation until that s

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-02 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
>My personal priority list for OpenSSL is bug fixes and code cleanup > (static and dynamic analysis of the 1.1.x codebase would be good, and one of > these days I'll get around to doing it myself), We do run coverity weekly, and anyone can sign up to see the results BTW -- openssl-users m

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-02 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: Jordan Brown [mailto:open...@jordan.maileater.net] > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 19:48 > On 12/1/2017 2:57 PM, Michael Wojcik wrote: > > Of course, anyone's free to write their own API on top of what OpenSSL > > provides, and even make a pull request to > > contribute it to the proj

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-01 Thread debbie10t
Hi there, long time lurker .. This sort of thing is a Remarkably Unique Occasion ... Personally, I do subscribe here for genuine, up to date, informative and even humorous (on occasion) information. I do not expect this to be the sole source of my knowledge. But .. I did learn of the impendin

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-01 Thread Jordan Brown
On 12/1/2017 2:57 PM, Michael Wojcik wrote: >> Yes, compatibility is a concern.  So make the "default to secure" options be >> new functions. > That's certainly better than what you proposed in your previous messages. Sorry, I wasn't trying to propose any particular concrete interfaces.  I was tr

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-01 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: Jordan Brown [mailto:open...@jordan.maileater.net] > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 17:18 > On 11/30/2017 5:41 AM, Michael Wojcik wrote: > > There are a great many OpenSSL consumers. Making radical changes to the > > default behavior of the API would break > > many applications - and

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-12-01 Thread Jordan Brown
On 11/30/2017 5:41 AM, Michael Wojcik wrote: > There are a great many OpenSSL consumers. Making radical changes to the > default behavior of the API would break many applications - and so it's > likely those applications would stop updating their OpenSSL builds. Yes, compatibility is a concern. 

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-30 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of > Jordan Brown > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 00:34 > On 11/29/2017 6:13 PM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote: > > I agree with you, but a problem is that “safe and secure” changes over time > > when new  crypto

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Jordan Brown
On 11/29/2017 6:13 PM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote: > I agree with you, but a problem is that “safe and secure” changes over > time when new  crypto and other new features are added. And then users > get upset when their connections no longer work. Agreed, that's a tough trade-off. Still,

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
> My number one complaint is that it seems like the defaults are generally set > up to do the wrong things, and the application has to either explicitly set > "yes, you should be secure" options or do stuff on its own. This seems to > have been getting better - gaining hostname validation, for

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Jordan Brown
On 11/29/2017 8:53 AM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote: > I am biased, but I believe the project is better, by almost any > metric, then it used to be. If you have specific suggestions for how > you think it could be improved, it would be great to see them. My number one complaint is that it

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
➢ It probably wouldn't hurt to post something to the lists when there's a blog post with news like this - items that subscribers would likely feel is important. Blog posts like the recent "OpenSSL in China" series probably don't need to be mentioned on the lists. But it's subjective, and I woul

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf > Of Salz, Rich via openssl-users > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:54 > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl > [I wrote:] > > That sa

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Mark Minnoch
If you need a FIPS resource for the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module -- my business partner (Steve Weymann) and I worked with Steve Marquess when we were at a FIPS Testing Lab to achieve the FIPS 140-2 Cert. #1747 for the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module. We are now helping technology companies that need FIPS

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
> That said, it wouldn't hurt for the OMC to post a message to the list stating > that business will continue as planned, since two very key figures have left > the project. I have two reactions, just my personal view. First, it’s premature to say anything, we’re still figuring things out. Sec

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 29/11/2017 14:58, Michael Wojcik wrote: From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Sandeep Umesh Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 07:30 To: openssl-users@openssl.org; i...@openssl.org As per this blog: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/10/27/steve-marqu

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
Subject: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl Hello As per this blog: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/10/27/steve-marquess/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.openssl.org_blog_blog_2017_10_27_steve-2Dmarquess_&d=DwMFAg&c=96ZbZZcaMF4w0F4jpN6LZg&a

Re: [openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Michael Wojcik
> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of > Sandeep Umesh > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 07:30 > To: openssl-users@openssl.org; i...@openssl.org > As per this blog: > https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/10/27/steve-marquess/ Thanks for pointing that o

[openssl-users] FIPS certification for openssl

2017-11-29 Thread Sandeep Umesh
Hello As per this blog: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/10/27/steve-marquess/ Steve who is instrumental in handling FIPS certification for openssl object module is no more associated with OSF. How can we proceed for future FIPS certification ? Is there any other contact person to perform