Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-20 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015, jonetsu wrote: > On Feb 19, 2015 10:50am Henrik Grindal Bakken wrote: > > > I'm not sure it will be called on every conceivable error in > > the FIPS module, but what I do in similar situations is > > something like this: > > > static int post_cb(int op, int id, int subid,

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-20 Thread jonetsu
ed methods ? For isnatnce, the 'op' variable of FIPS_post_set_callback() is not described at all. Any manual or info pages ? Could be other potentially interesting methods in there. -- View this message in context: http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/openssl-users-OpenSSL-FIP

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-19 Thread Henrik Grindal Bakken
"jone...@teksavvy.com" writes: > Hello, > > Could you please comment on the following ? Any suggestion, insight, > hint, is greatly appreciated. > > In FIPS mode, the OS, the device, must be aware of crypto errors, and > adopt a certain behaviour when one occurs. Like shutting down all > data o

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-19 Thread jonetsu
-Original Message- > From: "Marcus Meissner" > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Date: 02/19/15 08:07 > Subject: Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration > Well, the writing is that the "crypto module" must stop operating > o

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-19 Thread Steve Marquess
On 02/19/2015 05:19 AM, jone...@teksavvy.com wrote: > ...This means that when using OpenSSL, a link must be made between > OpenSSL (or the application using it) and the OS, if only to signal > the OS of such errors. Ummm, no. The FIPS module stops functioning (i.e. doesn't perform any useful crypt

Re: [openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-19 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 05:19:37AM -0500, jone...@teksavvy.com wrote: > Hello, > > Could you please comment on the following ? Any suggestion, insight, > hint, is greatly appreciated. > > In FIPS mode, the OS, the device, must be aware of crypto errors, and > adopt a certain behaviour when one o

[openssl-users] OpenSSL FIPS mode system integration

2015-02-19 Thread jone...@teksavvy.com
Hello, Could you please comment on the following ? Any suggestion, insight, hint, is greatly appreciated. In FIPS mode, the OS, the device, must be aware of crypto errors, and adopt a certain behaviour when one occurs. Like shutting down all data output interfaces. This means that when using O