On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:08, Jennings, Jared L CTR USAF AFMC 46 SK/CCI <jared.jennings....@eglin.af.mil> wrote: > Pittman: >> Hey, thanks for filing away that request. We had previous folks >> asking for similar things, but no one indicated that FIPS compliant >> OpenSSL would absolutely refuse to work with MD5, full stop. >> Am I right in imagining, given your title, that FIPS mode is an >> absolute requirement for y'all to use Puppet on your systems? > > I believe I understand your question when I say: yes, we have to use FIPS > mode on our systems; if Puppet does not work under FIPS mode, we can't use > Puppet.
Maybe I could have asked more clearly. I wanted to make sure I had supporting data when it came to convincing my boss that we should be putting engineering time into fixing this now, because it matters for a lot more than just theoretical technical reasons. ;) Thank you so much for sending those references. They make it much easier to make my case. Daniel -- ⎋ Puppet Labs Developer – http://puppetlabs.com ✉ Daniel Pittman <dan...@puppetlabs.com> ✆ Contact me via gtalk, email, or phone: +1 (877) 575-9775 ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
