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commit 389c6958d4cf8a7af8021c1f3024571531f6a4d2
Author: Rich Salz <rs...@akamai.com>
Date: Tue Dec 12 09:59:40 2017 -0500
More clarification
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Summary of changes:
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1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/fips.html b/docs/fips.html
index a4550f4..8c67a04 100644
--- a/docs/fips.html
+++ b/docs/fips.html
@@ -10,18 +10,23 @@
<header><h2>FIPS-140</h2></header>
<div class="entry-content">
- <p>
- For a basic introduction and some general information,
- <a href="#background">see below</a>.
- </p>
+ <p>For a basic introduction,
+ <a href="#background">see below</a>. Thanks to multiple platform
+ sponsorships, the 2.0 validations include the largest number of
+ formally tested platforms for any validated module.</p>
<p>The most recent open source based validation of a cryptographic
module (Module) compatible with the OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2
libraries is v2.0.16, FIPS 140-2 certificate <a
href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#1747";>#1747</a>.
This Module is documented in the
- <a href="fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf">2.0 User Guide</a>.
- For convoluted bureaucratic reasons the same module is also
+ <a href="fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf">2.0 User Guide</a>;
+ the <a href="/source/openssl-fips-2.0.16.tar.gz">source code</a>,
+ and <a href="fips/SecurityPolicy-2.0.16.pdf">Security Policy</a>
+ are also available.
+
+ <p>
+ For convoluted bureaucratic reasons, the same module is also
available under the validations <a
href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#2398";>#2398</a>
(revision 2.0.16) and <a
@@ -29,15 +34,10 @@
(revision 2.0.10).
</p>
- <p>Thanks to multiple platform sponsorships, the 2.0 validations
- include the largest number of formally tested platforms for any
- validated module.</p>
-
- The <a href="/source/openssl-fips-2.0.16.tar.gz">source code</a>,
- <a href="fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf">User Guide</a>, and
- <a href="fips/SecurityPolicy-2.0.16.pdf">Security Policy</a>
- are available.
- Here is the complete set of files:</p>
+ <p>
+ Here is the complete set of files. Note that if you are interested
+ in the "1747" validation, you only need the three files mentioned
+ above.</p>
<table>
<tr>
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
source based validated module directly. You must obtain your
own validation.</li>
+ <li>None of the validations will work with OpenSSL 1.1.0 or
+ later.</li>
+
</ul>
</div>
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