Verdon Walker wrote:

> I have downloaded the latest FIPS snapshot (9/9) and I have a couple
> more questions about it:
> 
> 1) How do I build it? If I just do a "./config" (Linux) and "make", it
> will build everything, but I'm not sure I'm getting all the FIPS stuff.
> Do I need to specify something like "./config -DFIPS" to get it to build
> the FIPS cryptography module?

./config fips

> 2) It doesn't appear that optimized assembly code is part of the FIPS
> module. Is that correct?

Correct.

> 3) Once I have the FIPS crypto built, how do I use OpenSSL so that all
> SSL crypto work is done using that FIPS crypto?

I'll be commiting a README.FIPS, but in the meantime, you could look at
the code that does the validation tests (fips/des/fips_desmovs.c, for
example).

Cheers,

Ben.

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