On Wed, Apr 18, 2012, Erik Tkal wrote:

> Any takers?  Should I be able to build a FIPS-capable OpenSSL and have some 
> of the implementation be provided via an ENGINE (e.g. let's say I have a 
> hardware module to perform AES) but some by the OpenSSL FIPS canister?  Or is 
> it truly all or nothing?
> 

Yes the FIPS capable OpenSSL should behave in a manner similar to non-FIPS
capable OpenSSL when not in FIPS mode, though it currently use the algorithm
implementations in the FIPS module even when not in FIPS mode.

I'll look into it.

Steve.
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Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer.
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