I have downloaded the OpenSSL 1.0.1 and FIPS object module v1.2.  Both will 
build a libcrypto.a library.  I have some questions and hope someone can 
clarify them for me.
This FIPS thing is totally new so please if forgive me if the questions are off 
the target.

1. Is the crypto code in FIPS a subset of the OpenSSL source?  Does it include 
only FIPS approved cryptographic algorithms?

2. I assume libssl depends on libcrypto so if I need  to use libcrypto in 
addition to SSL, should I build OpenSSL to get both libssl and libcrypto and 
replace libcrypto with the one built from FIPS?

3.  Is the 'FIPS_mode_set' API defined only in libcrypto built from the FIPS 
object module source?

4. The 'fips' configuration is accepted in Configure, but not document in the 
script.  What is the use of 'fips' configuration setting when building OpenSSL?
     When I run 
    ./config threads shared fips no-hw zlib-dynamic no-idea no-rc2 no-rc4 
no-rc5 no-camellia no-bf 
     make depend
     make
     make test

     I get the following errors during 'make test' phase

Doing certs
testing...
cc -I.. -I../include  -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -DZLIB 
-DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch i386 -O3 
-fomit-frame-pointer -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_PART_WORDS -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 
-DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -I/usr/local/ssl/fips-2.0/include 
-DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DRMD160_ASM -DAES_ASM 
-DVPAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM   -c -o bntest.o bntest.c
(cd ..; make DIRS=crypto all)
making all in crypto...
cc -I. -I.. -I../include  -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -DZLIB 
-DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch i386 -O3 
-fomit-frame-pointer -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_PART_WORDS -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 
-DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -I/usr/local/ssl/fips-2.0/include 
-DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DRMD160_ASM -DAES_ASM 
-DVPAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM   -c -o o_fips.o o_fips.c
o_fips.c:60:26: error: openssl/fips.h: No such file or directory
o_fips.c:61:31: error: openssl/fips_rand.h: No such file or directory
o_fips.c: In function ‘FIPS_mode_set’:
o_fips.c:84: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘RAND_set_rand_method’ makes 
pointer from integer without a cast
make[3]: *** [o_fips.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [build_crypto] Error 1
make[1]: *** [../libcrypto.a] Error 2
make: *** [tests] Error 2


5. What is the incore script for?  If I run it without any parameters under 
MacOS 10.7, I get the error instead of usage

        $ ./incore
        Modification of non-creatable array value attempted, subscript -1 at 
./incore line 366.


Alex


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