The Whore Lived Like a German

2005-05-15 Thread steve
Full Article: http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,344374,00.html __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Auto

Certificate Chaining

2000-10-11 Thread Steve
Hello All, I have a question regarding the use of certificates in IE 5+ and Netscape 4.7+. We have written a small customised SSL web server using OpenSSL, etc... This web server is only to be made available to employees of the customer company, using SSL to secure the link and a login mechanism

Re: compiling 0.9.6 with VC5

2000-10-17 Thread Steve
The line in question is an assembly instruction: rdtsc, which is a Pentium (or beyond...) only instruction. You have to set your compiler options accordingly. Having said this, that command causes havoc with BC v3.0 IDE (the command line compiler works OK with the appropriate flag) regardless of

Re: compiling 0.9.6 with VC5

2000-10-17 Thread Steve
- Original Message - From: "Ales Pour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hmmm... so /G5 option (ntdll.mak) isn't enough? The /G5 option does not exist for BC++ Ver3.0. I think it should be -5 Stephen __ OpenSSL Project

Re: compiling 0.9.6 with VC5

2000-10-17 Thread Steve
Sorry, got a crossed line there. (This stuff is completely making me go bald. ) Grin, Stephen. - Original Message - From: "Ales Pour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No, :-) > I meant - /G5 option isn't enough for VC5 to deal with Pentium > instructions in inline assembler? ___

What do YOU use for your cert p/w?

1999-11-15 Thread steve
(Kidding, kidding.) But I suppose it's got to be memorable so your root can remember it when s/he's got to restart the webserver. And another question: When I use openssl to genrsa, is -rand /dev good enough? Th

Trust

2002-04-11 Thread Steve
that they want to trust my certificate)? Thanks Steve __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List[EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FIPS module determination

2010-12-26 Thread Steve Marquess
cted. BTW the term is "validated" not "certified". -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com

Re: FIPS module determination

2010-12-26 Thread Steve Marquess
you to obtain a written certification from the vendor for such procurements, specifically naming the validation certificate number(s). Good advice. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software institute marqu...@oss-institute.org -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mo

Re: FIPS module determination

2010-12-27 Thread Steve Marquess
he conventional proprietary validations it comes down to a vendor assertion. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com ___

Re: FIPS and OpenSSL-1.0.0

2010-12-27 Thread Steve Marquess
n starting with the 1.0.0 baseline. Good luck with that, you have a long row to hoe. Incidentally, unless you're seeking a Level 2 validation for a non-CC certified environment you'll regret defining the crypto module boundary to include your entire application. -Steve M. -- Steve Marqu

Re: FIPS and OpenSSL-1.0.0

2011-01-11 Thread Steve Marquess
idation, but your Level 2 platform will require a separate validation. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com _

Re: BN_mod_mul_montgomery() causing cpu spike

2011-03-02 Thread Steve Marquess
on low powered platforms (sometimes taking tens or even hundreds of seconds). We're going to make it significantly less painful for the upcoming new validation now in progress, but there will always be a performance hit relative to the same software without enabling FIPS mode. -Steve M

Re: BN_mod_mul_montgomery() causing cpu spike

2011-03-04 Thread Steve Marquess
prakgen wrote: Thanks Steve. This happened on a system with Intel dual core 2.4ghz processor and 2gig ram. Is the observed cpu pattern expected on such platforms? You mentioned it will be less painful after upcoming validation. Do you mean change in implementation for speedier self-tests

Re: BN_mod_mul_montgomery() causing cpu spike

2011-03-06 Thread Steve Marquess
one uses FIPS validated cryptography for fun (there is no technical, functional, or security advantage, in fact FIPS validated crypto is undesirable from any purely practical perspective). -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 US

Re: FIPS compliance question regarding openssl distributions

2011-03-08 Thread Steve Marquess
as a statement of compliance with the build process. Actually the one digest the CMVP cares about in this context is HMAC-SHA-1, with the HMAC key "etaonrishdlcupfm". -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877

Re: Having problems building fips openssl

2011-03-13 Thread Steve Marquess
that describes the necessary steps for building a validated module: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1051.pdf. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, M

Re: Windows CE and FIPS

2011-03-24 Thread Steve Marquess
ryan.sm...@gdc4s.com wrote: ... So no support is currently planned for Linux x86 (32-bit)? That seems like a gaping exclusion. Yes, it is. Among others... -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775

Best way to encode a LDAP human readable Distinguished Name string to DER format with openssl

2011-03-29 Thread Steve William
representing the Distinguished Name to DER format using openssl? Thanks, Steve. __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing Listopenssl-users@openssl.org Automated

Re: FIPS statically linked canister

2011-04-12 Thread Steve Marquess
cally by the "FIPS capable" OpenSSL distributions. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com __

Re: openssl 1.0.1 and FIPS

2011-05-13 Thread Steve Marquess
> What is happening? > > No Fips in the Openssl 1.0.1 STABLe. > > Correct, and you won't be seeing the "FIPS capable" support there for some time. We're concentrating on the validation of the module (OpenSSL FIPS Object Module 2.0) now. -Steve M. -- Steve M

Re: FIPS: Zeroization function during Power on self tests

2011-05-25 Thread Steve Marquess
vance for any future validations. The "zeroization" demonstration in particular arose from a request long ago that seemed silly even at the time; the specifics are no longer relevant. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com

Re: Building a 64-bit version of the FIPS-capable OpenSSL on Mac OS X 10.6.7

2011-05-25 Thread Steve Marquess
etter mod process is that results can usually be obtained in weeks instead of the many months needed for a new validation. My contact info is below if you want more info. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD

Call for testing - FIPS object module

2011-07-07 Thread Steve Marquess
at any time, but this special window of opportunity over the next few weeks will allow us to easily correct reported problems. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD

Re: Call for testing - FIPS object module

2011-07-09 Thread Steve Marquess
of effort went into designing the FIPS module to make that compatibility possible. Note as a happy consequence that an existing application that uses OpenSSL for all cryptography can usually be readily converted to use FIPS validated cryptography. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software F

Re: Please help: OpenSSL + OpenVPN Elliptic Curves (SHA512, ECDSA, ECDH, Linux, Debian)

2011-07-15 Thread Steve Marquess
undation.com/testing/docs/NSA-PLA.pdf). Note that sublicense only covers some prime field ECC; for the rest of it "seek competent legal advice". Also note the license is nontransferrable. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com

Re: Need information about FIPS 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Marquess
US$40K, not a bad price as validations go. > 3) In the OpenSSL validation effort, will Mac OS be one of the > tested platforms? Can you share list of platforms that will be > tested? The current list can be found at http://opensslfoundation.com/testing/validation-2.0/platforms/Platforms

Re: Does FIPS capable OpenSSL Shared Library affect its non-FIPS functionalities

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Marquess
ginning to have a single set of "FIPS capable" OpenSSL libraries suffice for a Linux distribution, with individual applications able to enable FIPS mode or not. There is also a global mechanism, OpenSSL_config()/openssl.cnf, that would permit specification of a default FIPS mode for a

Re: Using the FIPS Object Module

2011-08-19 Thread Steve Marquess
besides building the FIPS module in accordance with the Security Policy, such as making sure the FIPS capable libraries are used for *all* cryptographic operations, and enabling the FIPS mode with FIPS_mode_set(). An attempt was made to document the various aspects of this process in the

Re: Using the FIPS Object Module

2011-08-22 Thread Steve Marquess
. Note that for the cross-compiled platforms we have occasionally had to modify ./config and/or ./Configure, with those modifications carefully vetted by the test lab. If you can build your cross-compiled module with steps 1 and 2 only, with no mods as in step 3, then you could presumably claim the r

Re: How to link user application with FIPS-2

2011-09-12 Thread Steve Marquess
d for use via the standard API of a "FIPS capable" OpenSSL. As for building, see http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg29421.html. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com

Re: OpenSSL FIPS

2011-09-19 Thread Steve Marquess
uary 2012) your only no-cost option is to use the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2.3 with OpenSSL 0.9.8. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@o

Upcoming code freeze for the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v2.0

2011-10-12 Thread Steve Marquess
penssl-fips-2.0-test-20111013.tar.gz and later) on their platforms of interest, and report any problems to us. Build and test instructions are given in the ./README.FIPS file. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +

OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 status update

2011-11-03 Thread Steve Marquess
s it is being tested are encouraged to reference the OpenSSL-fips-2_0-stable branch in the OpenSSL CVS repository. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu...@o

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 and OpenSSL 0.9.8x

2011-12-06 Thread Steve Marquess
On 12/05/2011 08:39 PM, Varma Dantuluri wrote: > Hi > > Can the new OpenSSL FIPS 2.0 module be used with OpenSSL 0.9.8 > releases? Or can it only be used with OpenSSL 1.0.1 and later? No, it can't -- it is designed for use with 1.0.1 and greater only. -Steve M. -- Steve

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 and OpenSSL 0.9.8x

2011-12-06 Thread Steve Marquess
On 12/06/2011 12:32 PM, Varma Dantuluri wrote: > Thanks Steve. > > Just curious as to why this cannot be done. Is it because of some > structure changes between 0.9.8 and 1.0.1? Correct, there are too many differences in the FIPS module API, between the 0.9.8 compatible 1.2.x module

OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 status update

2012-01-03 Thread Steve Marquess
/openssl-fips-2.0rc1.tar.gz Note some additional cosmetic changes will be made prior to the formal validation award. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu

Re: openssl FIPS and linux kernel crypto

2012-01-05 Thread Steve Marquess
As with the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module validations that will be a huge (for us) and expensive undertaking, though ultimately also of significant benefit. At present we've made no definite plans in this area. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Roa

Re: FIPS object module

2012-02-17 Thread Steve Marquess
source/openssl-fips-2.0rc3.tar.gz for source to the pending 2.0 module. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu...@opensslfoundati

Re: Final release of Openssl-1.0.1 and FIPS-2.0

2012-02-29 Thread Steve Marquess
response time has been many months (as long as 13 months from painful 7personal experience). But, based on feedback from multiple sources it appears that the CMVP backlog is at an all time low now of only a couple of months, which if true and not just wishful thinking will mean we should expect the

OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 status update

2012-03-06 Thread Steve Marquess
The OpenSSL FIPS Object Module 2.0 is now in "coordination" status at the CMVP. That's usually a good sign that the formal validation award is imminent (as in "a week or three..."). -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-08 Thread Steve Marquess
that of prior revisions, hence reference to those has been dropped. There is no reason to use any earlier revisions for any new product development or deployment, but deployed instances of earlier revisions remain valid. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Eph

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-08 Thread Steve Marquess
On 03/08/2012 04:05 PM, Ashit Vora wrote: > Thanks Steve. This makes sense (i.e. newer versions subsuming older > versions). > > However given that 1.2 is no longer listed on the NIST website, that > version can no longer be considered FIPS validated. This is an issue for > depl

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-08 Thread Steve Marquess
On 03/08/2012 05:12 PM, Steve Marquess wrote: > On 03/08/2012 04:05 PM, Ashit Vora wrote: >> Thanks Steve. This makes sense (i.e. newer versions subsuming older >> versions). >> >> However given that 1.2 is no longer listed on the NIST website, that >> version

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-08 Thread Steve Marquess
"forget" anything, for any of the change letter mods (via multiple labs, incidentally). The updates were all carefully designed to be strictly cumulative, differing only in the addition of new OEs with newer revisions subsuming but not invalidating earlier ones. -Steve M. -- Steve Marqu

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-09 Thread Steve Marquess
On 03/08/2012 08:49 PM, Ashit Vora wrote: > Steve, > > First let me clarify that it isn't my intent to challenge OpenSSL > validation. In fact the reason I started down this path is because I > have a product that uses v1.2 and needs to claim FIPS compliance. I > cannot

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2

2012-03-09 Thread Steve Marquess
On 03/09/2012 11:18 AM, Ashit Vora wrote: > Steve, > > Please see response from Randy (CMVP Director) below. It clearly > indicates older versions (including v1.2) are no longer considered > validated since they are not listed on the website: Randy is the man, so I stand cor

OpenSSL FIPS Object Module status update

2012-03-14 Thread Steve Marquess
API. However, the formal validation of that module is still pending. We think we are very close -- perhaps within a few days -- but as always the timeline is difficult to predict with any certainty. The formal validation will be announced here as soon as it happens. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Op

Re: OpenSSL FIPS 2.0 Object Module platform questions

2012-04-02 Thread Steve Marquess
re will surely be some in the FIPS 140-2 community who disagree on one or more points. Important caveat #3: only the CMVP is in a position to make authoritative pronouncements of any kind about FIPS 140-2. In general they will respon

Re: OpenSSL FIPS 2.0 Object Module platform questions

2012-04-02 Thread Steve Marquess
tc. Corrections, comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu...@opens

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Module 2.0 status update

2012-04-04 Thread Steve Marquess
On 04/04/2012 07:17 PM, Alex Chen wrote: > Steve, > > Unfortunately it has been four weeks and the status is still stuck in > 'coordination'. Well, we all know the government pace is a 'little > slower' than the rest of the industry. There is a 'finalizat

SSL Handshake question

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Gallivan
ailing ), where most of the time it splits that out over several packets. The test "Client Hello" requests seem identical. Any insights would be much appreciated. Thanks, Steve

SSL Handshake question - SOLVED

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Gallivan
Flaky intermediate CA not being served up on the failed handshakes. From: Steve Gallivan Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:51 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: SSL Handshake question Hello, I apologize if this is an obvious NOOB question - my Google-Fu is not up to snuff on this one

RE: FIPS

2009-06-12 Thread Lovette, Steve
the weekend? Any insight you can provide is greatly appreciated. Steve Lovette -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Steve Marquess Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 7:23 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re:

RE: FIPS

2009-06-12 Thread Lovette, Steve
S. Zick Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:29 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: FIPS On Fri June 12 2009, Lovette, Steve wrote: > Team > In the NIST list of FIPS 140-2 certified products & algorithms I do not see OpenSSL on that list. Are you embedding (hope) a certified prod

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Runtime Module

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Marquess
ng one-off binaries for individual end users is time lost to supporting the community as a whole. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Veridical Systems, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 301-524-9915 cell 301-887-2571 land/fax marqu...@veridicalsystems.com __

Re: FIPS and cross compilation

2009-07-21 Thread Steve Marquess
e to modify the make files in >> order to use the right compiler where necessary. Is what I'm >> talking about really doable? >> > > Cross compiling isn't supported at all for the 1.2 validation. You > need to compile OpenSSL natively with unmodified sources followin

Re: OpenSSL FIPS Module version 1.2

2009-08-17 Thread Steve Marquess
he validation from scratch you might as well use the most up-to-date software which has a number of happy-to-glad improvements that can't be retroactively incorporated in the existing validation. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open So

Re: FIPS

2009-09-29 Thread Steve Marquess
ing fipscanister.o, as that file can then be moved to a non-standard but ABI compatible platform. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com _

Location of OpenSSL libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Steve Hay
I have a build script for some software that needs to locate the OpenSSL headers and libraries, and I have reports that it is failing to locate the libraries on some OSes. One example identifies itself (via 'uname') as: sunos open-solaris-noc 5.11 snv_95 i86pc i386 i86pc What is the default inst

RE: Location of OpenSSL libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Steve Hay
Victor B. Wagner wrote on 2009-10-19: > On 2009.10.19 at 16:30:14 +0100, Steve Hay wrote: > >> I have a build script for some software that needs to locate the >> OpenSSL headers and libraries, and I have reports that it is failing to >> locate the libraries on some

cant link local shared libs

2009-10-22 Thread Steve Alstrin
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 09:53 -0500, Steve Alstrin wrote: Following is the out put from the fipsld shell sccript. I followed the instructions for building the openssl-fips1.2 lib the followed the instructions for building the opensll-0.9.8k lib refering to the the fips lib. I can link a single

fipsld broken

2009-11-13 Thread Steve Alstrin
It appears that fipsld is fairly unusable in its current state, i found the 3 following errors with it do far. 1) fails to link shared libs with g++ 2) fails to link shared libs that link with other shared libs 3) fails to link exeucutable that links to other shared libs. 4) fipsld requires ./fip

Post-2010 future of the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module?

2010-02-19 Thread Steve Marquess
icated validation we worked on took thirteen months, and the very first open source based validation took five years. It's not a speedy process and it can't be hurried once the paperwork is submitted to the CMVP, and that's the stage that consumes the most time. The s

Re: Post-2010 future of the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module?

2010-02-20 Thread Steve Marquess
le. So at this point I really don't what the validity of certificate #1051 will be after 2010. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-

Re: Post-2010 future of the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module?

2010-02-20 Thread Steve Marquess
ve, even if only one such company has to foot the entire bill. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com _

Re: OpenSSL 1.0.0 and FIPS

2010-03-30 Thread Steve Marquess
validated module won't be suitable as the basis for new validations beyond 2010. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com

Re: OpenSSL 1.0.0 and FIPS

2010-03-30 Thread Steve Marquess
. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877-673-6775 marqu...@opensslfoundation.com __ OpenSSL Project http

Re: FIPS 140-2 post 2010

2010-04-16 Thread Steve Marquess
ve the financial resources. It's already mid April so we're also rapidly running out of time to have a validation completed before 2011. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software institute marqu...@oss-institute.org ___

upgrading from 0.9.8l to 1.0

2010-06-01 Thread Steve Leland
I can see is that the writesocket() call in socket_write() returns a -1. Any suggestions on how to proceed? Running "openssl s_client -connect my.server.dns:443 -CAfile myCAFile" works fine when either openssl version is used by my serve

Re: RPMBuild for FIPS OpenSSL

2010-07-09 Thread Steve Marquess
per trail to prove you followed the peculiar and specific requirements of the Security Policy for generating the Module. IMHO there is really no point in trying to build it from source again and again. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road

Re: RPMBuild for FIPS OpenSSL

2010-07-09 Thread Steve Marquess
). The resulting binaries are functionally identical by any technical test that could be devised, yet one module is FIPS 140-2 validated and one isn't. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim R

Re: RPMBuild for FIPS OpenSSL

2010-07-11 Thread Steve Marquess
William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 7/9/2010 9:05 AM, Steve Marquess wrote: > >> Mark Parr wrote: >> >>> Use of the FIPS OpenSSL is a mandated thing and not just something that we >>> are looking to do for the fun of it. In fact, the base OpenSSL was work

Re: OpenSSL 1.0.0a and FIPS

2010-07-14 Thread Steve Marquess
ct Module v1.2 ("FIPS 1.2") is compatible with 0.9.8x but not with 1.x. A new validation of a 1.x compatible FIPS object module will be needed, and as of now we have no sponsors. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road

Re: openssl FIPS 140-2 certificate after 2010

2010-07-15 Thread Steve Marquess
ectively as we'd had a lot of practice). Such work doesn't improve the publicly available OpenSSL product but it does help pay the rent. We'd much rather work on the open source software, however. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ep

Using external engine to achieve physical security

2010-07-27 Thread Steve Strobel
r them too. Looking through the archives for this mailing list I found references to the nCipher box, CryptoSwift cards, the cryptodev ENGINE aka OCF-linux, and smart cards. Are there other devices I should also research? Thanks for any suggestions. Steve --- Steve Strobel Link Communications,

Re: OpenSSL 1.0.0 FIPS module

2010-07-29 Thread Steve Marquess
are, but there is currently no one really representing that interest (the previous validations did receive significant financial support from the U.S. government and DoD, but that was all done on a one-off basis). -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephr

Re: building openssh with openssl-fips: cygwin can't find libcrypto

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Marquess
a general solution, or any solution at all. We can't of course put a fix where it belongs, in the OpenSSL FIPS Object Module source. If/when we do another validation we'll try to check the Cygwin platform. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess The OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount

RE: Adobe Acrobat Certificates?

2010-08-16 Thread Steve Roylance
p get one for you. Good Luck Kind Regards, Steve Roylance Business Development Director GlobalSign www.globalsign.com| www.globalsign.eu -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of ivo welch Sent: 16 August 2010 01:21 To

RE: Adobe Acrobat Certificates?

2010-08-17 Thread Steve Roylance
lobalsign.co.uk/document-security-compliance/adobe-cds/ You can use the certificate viewer built into Adobe Acrobat or Reader to examine the profile of the certificates. Thanks. Steve -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On

RE: Adobe Acrobat Certificates?

2010-08-17 Thread Steve Roylance
his particular issue. Thanks Steve -Original Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Crypto Sal Sent: 17 August 2010 05:30 To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat Certificates? On 08/16/2010 10:52 AM, Jakob B

Re: openssl-fips-1.1.2 "make install" fails in fips-1.0/Makefile for hpux64-ia64-cc HP-UX 11

2008-04-15 Thread Steve Marquess
7#8 ... Thanks for the report. Unfortunately we can't fix the already validated product. I tried this just now on a HP-UX 11.11 (PA-RISC) system, no problem. Could you also try v1.2 (ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/openssl-fips-1.1.2.tar.gz)? We won't be able to fix it their e

Re: openssl-fips-1.1.2 "make install" fails in fips-1.0/Makefile for hpux64-ia64-cc HP-UX 11

2008-04-15 Thread Steve Marquess
Welling, Conrad Gerhart wrote: Well, Steve, if you had no problem, I'm inclined to believe that I am in error and that I didn't review the occurrence properly before reporting it. I'll report back when I've reviewed the issue again by confirming it's occurrence (sta

Re: Openssl loading

2008-04-19 Thread Steve Marquess
ty the poor the poor software vendor who wants to write technically sound and secure code that can be validated and exported. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ OpenSSL

Re: openssl-fips-1.1.2 "make install" fails in fips-1.0/Makefile for hpux64-ia64-cc HP-UX 11

2008-05-01 Thread Steve Marquess
Welling, Conrad Gerhart wrote: Steve: Well, I put the IA64 build on the back burner. I downloaded the trial HP C compiler package and installed it on a HP-UX 11 PA-RISC2.0 platform on which I have tried to build openssl-fips-1.1.2. I've hit a snag (actually, a few) and spent a few

Re: openssl-fips-1.1.2 "make install" fails in fips-1.0/Makefile for hpux64-ia64-cc HP-UX 11

2008-05-05 Thread Steve Marquess
Welling, Conrad Gerhart wrote: Steve: Here 'tis: --- Makefile --- FIPSPROD = openssl-fips-1.1.2.tar FIPSDIR = openssl-fips-1.1.2

Re: openssl-fips-1.1.2 "make install" fails in fips-1.0/Makefile for hpux64-ia64-cc HP-UX 11

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Marquess
Welling, Conrad Gerhart wrote: Steve: 1. HP C trial version Appears that there are patchs which must be applied to the (trial) HP C depot installation on my platform. I'm not a sysadmin, but, am assuming the role with this particular PA-RISC2.0 platform. I had assumed that the depot inc

Re: Status of FIPS 1.2

2008-05-31 Thread Steve Marquess
ow approval is probably only a few days or weeks away, and at which point I'll make a heads-up announcement. If it makes anyone feel any better, take it from me that there are other government validation/certification processes that are slower, more difficult, and more pointless than FIPS 14

Last argument of SSL_read and SSL_write

2008-06-21 Thread Steve Thompson
I'm curious as to why the last argument of SSL_read() and SSL_write() are typed as in" and not size_t, when surely int is "wrong". I realize that it would be a huge effort to change now, but I wonder why it was done like this in the

DH Generator 2

2008-06-23 Thread Steve . Pauly
Does anyone have a technical reference on the use of special generator value 2 in DH keys? Steven Pauly Pitney Bowes GMS This email message may contain confidential, proprietary and/or privileged information. It is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received it

OpenSSL FIPS Object Module v1.2 status

2008-07-05 Thread Steve Marquess
w and that the validation will *probably* be awarded in a couple of weeks or so. Emphasis on the "probably" -- I have been wrong before. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: upgrading openssl 0.9.8b to openssl-fips-1.1.1

2008-07-18 Thread Steve Marquess
the final FIPS-validated RTM build cannot be built at this time. We do not know how long it's going to take for the validation to occur. When it is complete and fully-validated, Steve Marquess of the Open Source Software Institute will post the announcement here. Well put. Based

Re: FIPS compliant openssl on a linux x86_64 bit compile

2008-07-20 Thread Steve Marquess
.0.tar.gz. Any problems reported for v1.2 can't be fixed for the forthcoming validation, but we can fix them for any future validations. At this point v1.1.2 is sufficiently dated, and diverges enough from v1.2, that bug fixes are less likely to be relevant to the current development ba

Re: FIPS capable openssl shared library

2008-07-21 Thread Steve Marquess
It will be soon, though. Hopefully... -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing

Re: FIPS 1.2

2008-08-01 Thread Steve Marquess
suspecting we may be looking at a more indeterminate delay. That's just a guess on my part, of course, sorry I can't be more definite. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ OpenS

Re: FIPS_mod_set() before/after SSL_library_init() ?

2008-09-14 Thread Steve Marquess
FIPS mode is turned on after SSL_library_init() but > before connecting to the remote host? > > FIPS_mode_set function must be called before SSL_library_init()? > No, FIPS_mode_set() can be called afterwards. In can even be called long afterwards, after performing crypto operations

Re: Openssl Fips Shared Library

2008-09-18 Thread Steve Marquess
ule is always generated as position independent code. The corresponding "FIPS capable" OpenSSL distributions ("fips" option) will automatically include it in the libcrypto shared library. -Steve M. -- Steve M

Re: FIPS-capable curl: Solaris 9 - fingerprint does not match

2008-09-22 Thread Steve Marquess
joshi chandran wrote: > how to link fipsld with the application .Can u please explain Please read the documentation: http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/SecurityPolicy-1.1.2.pdf and http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-1.1.1.pdf. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software instit

Re: FIPS-capable curl: Solaris 9 - fingerprint does not match

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Marquess
approved algorithms) is another matter, but then you're not artificially constraining your options for identifying and correcting implementation vulnerabilities. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: FIPS fail

2008-10-09 Thread Steve Marquess
.7m.tar.gz and openssl-fips-1.1.2.tar.gz. Anyone got any comments on whether I've gotten this right? You did. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess Open Source Software Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ OpenSSL Project

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