How do I disable SSLv3 so that I can use FIPS?

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:22 PM, David Schwartz <dav...@webmaster.com>wrote:

>
> Michael Kurecka:
>
> > I am trying to run wpa_supplicant in FIPS mode.
>
> Why?
>
> > I don't think the MD5 function is even called
>
> MD5 is part of SSLv3.
>
> #6  0x4003e6b8 in ssl3_connect () from /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8#7
> 0x4004ebf4 in SSL_connect () from /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8#8  0x000526c0 in
> tls_connection_handshake (ssl_ctx=<value optimized out>, conn=0x94e68,
> in_data=0x970d0 "\224,@\224,@\020", in_len=0, out_len=0x94d88,
> appl_data=0xbed1f218, appl_data_len=0xbed1f214) at
> ../src/crypto/tls_openssl.c:1792
> #9  0x0004fcac in eap_peer_tls_process_helper (sm=0x8ad90, data=0x94d80,
> eap_type=EAP_TYPE_PEAP, peap_version=0, id=98 'b', in_data=0x0,
> in_len=537439632, out_data=0xbed1f264) at
> ../src/eap_peer/eap_tls_common.c:463
>
> You need to disable SSLv3 if you want to use FIPS mode. SSLv3 relies on MD5
> for some of its security properties, and that's a no-no in FIPS mode.
>
> DS
>
>
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