On Fri, Jul 22, 2005, Naomaru Itoi wrote: > Thank you for the information, Steve. > > Could you please further clarify the state of FIPS support, especially > ANSI X9.31 PRNG, in OpenSSL 0.9.8? Does the fact that "fips" > directory disappeared from 0.9.8 mean it was scratched? If it was, is > there any plan on putting it back? Or must we keep using 0.9.7 to use > such functionality? >
Well its truer to say that FIPS was only added to 0.9.7. At the time 0.9.7 was stable and 0.9.8 release seemed a long way off. So for now you have to use 0.9.7. It is planned to add FIPS support into other versions but nothing definite is in place. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
