You wrote: > Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:32:16 CST > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > From: Tim Jandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FIPS compliance > > Hello, > > I found a post in which you mentioned: > > > "FIPS compliance is something you get by going through a very particular > govern > mental certification process, which normally does not deal with generic > standar > ds, but instead deals with specific and particular implementations. > Standards > are described, but the compliance aspect is to show that a particular > implement > ation meets that standard." > > Would you by chance have links to any government agencies or test labs web > site > s that describe the FIPS certification process in more detail? > > Thanks, > Tim
"You" here is a very vague word. There are about 4 messages in the thread you appear to reference, from different folks. Just on the off-chance you mean me, here are some links: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2 https://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation The 1st is the standard proper. At 69 pages, it's not exactly light reading, but it could be a *lot* worse. Beware, this may not describe actual practice, particularly for software. The 3rd describes the actual experience of one open source project. The 2nd & 3rd have pointers to additional resources. You can find lots more with google. -Marcus Watts ________________________________________________ Kerberos mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/kerberos
