Re: Why does Softoken refuse to create keys with C_CreateObject in FIPS mode?

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Relyea
On 08/23/2010 12:00 AM, Brian Smith wrote: > Nelson B Bolyard wrote: > >> It's all about making it difficult enough that people start to ask "why is >> > this > >> obviously more difficult than the casual developer thinks it must be?" >> > Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. My un

RE: Why does Softoken refuse to create keys with C_CreateObject in FIPS mode?

2010-08-23 Thread Brian Smith
Nelson B Bolyard wrote: > It's all about making it difficult enough that people start to ask "why is this > obviously more difficult than the casual developer thinks it must be?" Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. My understanding is that there doesn't really need to be a difference in the way

Re: Why does Softoken refuse to create keys with C_CreateObject in FIPS mode?

2010-08-22 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
On 2010-08-22 20:46 PDT, Nelson B Bolyard wrote: > On 2010-08-22 16:44 PDT, Brian Smith wrote: >> When NSS Softoken is in FIPS mode, it refuses to create keys with >> C_CreateObject. > > What means that it refuses to import secret or private key material Sorry, that should have read: Which mean

Re: Why does Softoken refuse to create keys with C_CreateObject in FIPS mode?

2010-08-22 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
On 2010-08-22 16:44 PDT, Brian Smith wrote: > When NSS Softoken is in FIPS mode, it refuses to create keys with > C_CreateObject. What means that it refuses to import secret or private key material that is being kept "in the clear" outside of the security module boundary into the security module,

Why does Softoken refuse to create keys with C_CreateObject in FIPS mode?

2010-08-22 Thread Brian Smith
When NSS Softoken is in FIPS mode, it refuses to create keys with C_CreateObject. The same method works fine in regular (non-FIPS) mode. But, it is possible to achieve the exact same effects using either any of the procedures outlined below. So, what is the motivation for prohibiting the key creati