Re: openssl fipsinstall

2020-07-27 Thread Dr Paul Dale
The fipsinstall program runs the platform tests. I.e. you need to run fipsinstall on the device at some point. > Or are you suggesting that the presence of a standalone tool might influence > the contents of such a security policy? Yes. Well maybe. I’ll posit the possibility at the next

Re: openssl fipsinstall

2020-07-27 Thread Thomas Dwyer III
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 3:39 PM Dr Paul Dale wrote: > These are questions better asked of a FIPS lab since they are the experts > and we are not. > > That is a fair response. I expect that your alternative installation process’s validity will depend > on the security policy and what it says

Re: openssl fipsinstall

2020-07-27 Thread Dr Paul Dale
These are questions better asked of a FIPS lab since they are the experts and we are not. I expect that your alternative installation process’s validity will depend on the security policy and what it says needs to be done. This hasn’t been written yet so there is no answer at this point.

openssl fipsinstall

2020-07-27 Thread Thomas Dwyer III
Hi all, I'm replacing OpenSSL 1.0.2 with OpenSSL 3.0 in an embedded environment with very limited flash space. We need and use libcrypto and libssl but we have no need for the openssl binary. To date it was never necessary to ship this utility in our product. Now with OpenSSL 3.0 it appears the

RE: The need for 'gdi32.lib'

2020-07-27 Thread Dr. Matthias St. Pierre
> Grepping through all of my OpenSSL sources, I see only the > above mention and one in 'Configurations\10-main.conf'. > > So how/when is 'gdi32.dll' needed? Maybe it was true in the old-days? My guess is that you are right and that it was needed only for the function readscreen(), used by

The need for 'gdi32.lib'

2020-07-27 Thread Gisle Vanem
Hello lists. I've a question/doubt about this passage in NOTES-Windows.txt: Linking your application This section applies to all "native" builds. If you link with *static OpenSSL libraries* then you're expected to additionally link your application with