> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Thu Mar 01 18:42:31 2007]:
> 
> On further examination, this problem appears to be bad compilation of  
> the sha/fips_standalone_sha1 program:
> 

Which would indicate either a bad SHA1 implementation or that that
programs' calls are getting a translated version of the file. Try
compiling the 1.1.1 distro in non-FIPS mode and compare its results.

> 
> 
> I'm going to assume that, even though fipscanister.o and  
> fipscanister.o.sha1 are created, it is not possible to replace the  
> fips_standalone_sha1 binary with a shell script that calls the binary  
> already on the system.
> (Reasoning: it's a cryptographic operation, and thus it must be done  
> through a FIPS-validated module in order to retain the FIPS  
> validation for the result of the operation.)
> 

The reasoning is that the build failed from the validated sources so the
result is not validated.

Steve

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