Re: [openssl-users] Question about OpenSSL and FIPS 140-2 module

2016-08-04 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 04/08/2016 17:53, Thomas Francis, Jr. wrote: ... I really should point out three things, though: 1) FIPS 140 compliance (from any software package) is always less secure than non-FIPS 140 compliant packages. By its nature, the validation process places software several months to years out

Re: [openssl-users] Question about OpenSSL and FIPS 140-2 module

2016-08-04 Thread Thomas Francis, Jr.
> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:00 AM, o haya wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been tasked to look into FIPS 140-2 "compliance" for our systems, > overall, and I know that there's a "FIPS 140-2 module" for OpenSSL, that > needs to be built from source and then integrated into OpenSSL by building > OpenSSL wi

Re: [openssl-users] Question about OpenSSL and FIPS 140-2 module

2016-08-04 Thread Steve Marquess
On 08/04/2016 11:00 AM, o haya wrote: > Hi, > > I've been tasked to look into FIPS 140-2 "compliance" for our > systems, overall, and I know that there's a "FIPS 140-2 module" for > OpenSSL, that needs to be built from source and then integrated into > OpenSSL by building OpenSSL with the FIPS mod

[openssl-users] Question about OpenSSL and FIPS 140-2 module

2016-08-04 Thread o haya
Hi, I've been tasked to look into FIPS 140-2 "compliance" for our systems, overall, and I know that there's a "FIPS 140-2 module" for OpenSSL, that needs to be built from source and then integrated into OpenSSL by building OpenSSL with the FIPS module. The User guide goes into how to integrate