I was using openssl to encrypt files at the command line and I was
wondering if the FIPS mode could be enabled for doing that.
Carl Anderson
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Kyle Hamilton aerow...@gmail.com wrote:
OpenSSL FIPS is used essentially as a crypto engine, except that it's
not called
: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL
I was using openssl to encrypt files at the command line and I was
wondering if the FIPS mode could be enabled for doing that.
Carl Anderson
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Kyle Hamilton aerow...@gmail.com wrote:
OpenSSL FIPS is used essentially
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From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org
] On Behalf Of Carl Anderson
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Subject: Re: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL
I was using openssl to encrypt files at the command line and I
OpenSSL FIPS is used essentially as a crypto engine, except that it's
not called through the standard engine interface.
The FIPS module is validated to perform its advertised functions; if
it's in FIPS mode, OpenSSL will use its linked-in OpenSSL FIPS module
to perform all of its cryptographic
