particular certificate.
John
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> From: Andrew T. Finnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 25 July 2002 15:12
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> Subject: RE: FIPS-140 certification
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> John,
>
> Sometimes that is not up to the developer. You
> Just to add my thoughts to the cooking pot, FIPS-140 probably isn't worth a
> string of beans.
You are technically savvy enough to decide that for yourself. Many
folks are not -- who, really, is equipped to run RNG tests and
understand the importance for keygen?
The FIPS-140 specs are remar
One of the main reasons for FIPS is to make writing (US Federal)
government "requests for proposals" easier. Without dwelling on
that, the FIPS is mostly a procurement-thing, not a technical thing.
(Look at the relationship of GOSIP with OSI, the FIPS version of
POSIX...) FIPS is mostly impo
this for common use, we will have to see.
John
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Bil,
Sad to say but no it is not FIPS-140 certified. We ran into the
same problem also. Basically someone woul
