FIPS Module version 1.2
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009, Pandit Panburana wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a few questions about the FIPS module.
>
>1) The current version of OpenSSL FIPS Module is 1.2. It is based on
>0.9.8e and 0.9.8f of standard OpenSSL. The latest stable vers
Kyle Hamilton wrote:
...
There were plans for a "rolling validation", where fixes are rolled
into the next validation effort, but I haven't heard anything from
the Open Source Software Institute about that. My fear is that they
have no funding for such an effort.
Correct. At one point w
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009, Pandit Panburana wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a few questions about the FIPS module.
>
>1) The current version of OpenSSL FIPS Module is 1.2. It is based on
>0.9.8e and 0.9.8f of standard OpenSSL. The latest stable version is
>0.9.8k. How are fixes get into v
August 14, 2009 4:21:45 PM
Subject: Re: OpenSSL FIPS Module version 1.2
FIPS validation is basically a blessing from a High Priest Of The
CMVP. If anything changes from what was blessed, the blessing goes
away, unless the changes are blessed by the same or another High
Priest. Knowing that, the
FIPS validation is basically a blessing from a High Priest Of The
CMVP. If anything changes from what was blessed, the blessing goes
away, unless the changes are blessed by the same or another High
Priest. Knowing that, the following answers are obvious.
1) They don't. The FIPS module only impl
