Hi All,

Can any body give me small program which set in fips mode and uses non fips
algorithm ,hence  fails while running .

Thanks
Joshi

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Steve Marquess
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Kyle Hamilton wrote:
>
>> Okay.  Let's see if I can piece together everything I've learned about
>> the FIPS experience so far...
>>
>> FIPS-1.1.2 only generates a static fipscanister, which can only be
>> used to generate a static library.  (except on Windows, where it can
>> be built into a shared library.)
>>
>
> The fipscanister.o for v1.1.2 is generated with position independent code
> or not depending on the default build options borrowed from the 0.9.7
> baseline at the time.  On Windows it happens that position independent code
> is generated automatically, hence that object module can be incorporated in
> shared code.  On Linux and some other platforms that isn't the case.
>
> Note we were originally going to test both shared and non-shared builds,
> but ran out of money for the test lab fees (each such "platform" variation
> drives up the price).
>
> For v1.2 we decided to just force position independent code generation
> universally.
>
>  ...
>>
>> FIPS-1.1.2 is the most recent validated fipscanister.  1.2.0 is
>> currently submitted for review, but there is no timeframe (other than
>> 'it could take until the end of the next ice age') for its validation.
>>
>
> The latest info I've heard is that there is a new reviewer (new hire) who
> has decided to revisit the entire history of the original validation from
> the beginning, i.e. effectively second guessing the CMVP reviewers of those
> prior validations.  That first validation took five years, an Internet ice
> age indeed.
>
>  If you want to test the functionality of FIPS-1.2.0, you need to
>> download the latest openssl-0.9.8-fips-test-SNAP-[date].tar.gz from
>> the snapshots/ directory, as well as openssl-fips-test-1.2.0.tar.gz
>> from the same location.
>>
>> If you want a currently-validated solution, you need
>> openssl-0.9.7m.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.
>
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