linking FIPS 1.2

[Adam Grossman]

hello,

i just built fips 1.2, and then built a FIPs capable OpenSSL 0.9.8l as a
shared lib.  I then took my application, added in FIPS_mode_set(1), and
it passed.  But then i realized i did not switch over in my make file to
use "CC=fipsld"  It still used "CC=gcc -fPIC".

Is the reason why it worked is perhaps OpenSSL compiled with fipsld,
therefore i do not need to use it in my application?  i just want to
make sure i understand the role of the fipsld in case i am getting a
false positive...

thank you,
-=- adam grossman


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