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commit 967ef227d2be4d8a9f7abde87de335111b261022
Author: Rich Salz <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Nov 26 21:45:06 2017 -0500
Update FIPS status
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@@ -51,21 +51,6 @@
above summary does not adequately address. You have been
warned!</p>
- <h2><a name="privatelabel">The "Private Label" Validation</a></h2>
-
- <p>We refer to validations based directly on the OpenSSL FIPS
- Object Module as "private label" validations. These are also
- sometimes referred to as "cookie cutter" validations. The usual
- reason for such separate validations is the need for small
- modifications which forces a complete new validation, but some
- vendors, for marketing or risk management reasons, have obtained
- private label validations for binaries produced from unmodified
- (or only cosmetically modified) source code.</p>
-
- <p><strong>Update:</strong> As of 2015 we are no longer performing
private label validations. We are still adding new platforms to the <a
-
href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#1747";>#1747</a>
- or related validations.</p>
-
<h3>Current Validations</h3>
<p> The most recent open source based validation is the FIPS 140-2
@@ -77,6 +62,9 @@
at a minimum. And did we mention the
<a href="fips/UserGuide.pdf">User Guide</a>?</p>
+ We are not currently taking on any additional validation work
+ nor adding new platforms to the existing "1747" validation.
+
<h3>Performance at Startup</h3>
<p>We have had many complaints about poor performance of the
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