Good news for developers and vendors of software for the U.S. and
Canadian government market where FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography is
required.
The "OpenSSL FIPS Object Module", a software component compatible with
the OpenSSL API, has been FIPS 140-2 validated (see certificate #733 and
Security Policy document at
http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-1/1401val2007.htm). The source
distribution that generates this validated module is at
http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-fips-1.1.1.tar.gz.
This validation means that the referenced source distribution can be
used to create a binary module on a wide range of platforms, in a form
compatible with OpenSSL 0.9.7, for enabling FIPS 140-2 validated
cryptography in applications.
Please see the Security Policy document for details on how to create a
validated module for your platform and application. Other supporting
information will be made available at http://oss-institute.org/FIPS_733/.
-Steve M.
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Steve Marquess
Open Source Software Institute
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