Yes, this has to do with the FIPS standards. I forget which standard it
is but the self tests are mandated to be run on each device independently.
The fipsinstall process runs the self tests before generating the
configuration file. If the self tests fail, the module doesn't
install. Copying the configuration file across avoids the self tests
and therefore isn't compliant.
Pauli
On 15/2/22 02:25, Richard Dymond wrote:
Hi
Probably a dumb question, but why must the FIPS module configuration
file for OpenSSL 3.0 be generated on every machine that it is to be
used on (i.e. must not be copied from one machine to another)?
I just ran 'openssl fipsinstall' on two different machines with the
same FIPS module and it produced exactly the same output each time, so
presumably the reason has nothing to do with the config file being
unique to the machine.
Does it have something to do with the FIPS standard itself?
Richard
