Re: Basic Question

2009-05-31 Thread Kyle Hamilton
OpenSSL is "publicly available code" and thus has an export exemption. Things linked with it, however, may not be, depending on their configuration. -Kyle H On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Bob Bell wrote: > Folks - > > I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSS

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-31 Thread Bob Bell
Thanks to all for the information that was exchanged. It did help me understand. Bob Bell On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Bob Bell wrote: > Folks - > > I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSSL lib and US export > control law. As I understand it, in order for the openSS

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread tensy joseph
The platform is AIX. I have used the fipsld to link the application and digest was properly embedded in the application executable. I have wriitten a small pbm to test this. main() { int (*dlsym_fips_mode_set)(int); void *handle=dlopen("/usr/lib/libcrypto.a(libcrypto.so.0.9.8,"RT_LAZY"); dlsym_

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, May 29, 2009, tensy joseph wrote: > I have gone through the user guide again , i am little confused now . This > statement makes me confuse > > A HMAC-SHA1 digest of the FIPS Object Module code and read-only data must be > generated and embedded in the application executable object for us

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread tensy joseph
I have gone through the user guide again , i am little confused now . This statement makes me confuse A HMAC-SHA1 digest of the FIPS Object Module code and read-only data must be generated and embedded in the application executable object for use by the FIPS_mode_set() function at runtime initiali

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread tensy joseph
My libcrypto.a is a shared library and also fipscansiter.o has been incorporated in a shared library libcrypto.a .So to get the fipscanister.o at compile time , it need to link with libcrypto.a at the compile time in order to check hmac-sha1 integrity test of fipscanister.o embedded in the libcryp

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, May 29, 2009, tensy joseph wrote: > Still now i was believing that to all the application should link to > libcrypto library at the compilation so that it can check the fipscanister.o > hash value in the library with the prevouisly stored fips . > > As the user guide says > > > 1. The H

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread tensy joseph
ell wrote: > > > > > I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSSL lib and US export > > control law. As I understand it, in order for the openSSL lib to run as a > > FIPS certified module, it must be configured to be loaded as a > dynamically > > linked libr

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, May 28, 2009, Bob Bell wrote: > > I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSSL lib and US export > control law. As I understand it, in order for the openSSL lib to run as a > FIPS certified module, it must be configured to be loaded as a dynamically > linked libra

Re: Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread Michael S. Zick
On Thu May 28 2009, Bob Bell wrote: > Folks - > > I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSSL lib and US export > control law. As I understand it, in order for the openSSL lib to run as a > FIPS certified module, it must be configured to be loaded as a dynamically >

Basic Question

2009-05-29 Thread Bob Bell
Folks - I have a basic question relative to the FIPS openSSL lib and US export control law. As I understand it, in order for the openSSL lib to run as a FIPS certified module, it must be configured to be loaded as a dynamically linked library. If that is so, how do you get a export classification

Re: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-25 Thread Ger Hobbelt
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Kenneth Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If that's the rationale, I eagerly await 1.0. The lack of a stable > API has hurt me far too many times. I encourage the developers > to freeze the existing API. The core OpenSSL developers already stick to that partic

Re: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-24 Thread Goetz Babin-Ebell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth Goldman wrote: | > The decision in the case of OpenSSL was that 1.x would have a stable API, | > permitting shared libraries to be used interchangeably. OpenSSL does not | > have a stable API yet, officially. | | If that's the rationale, I

RE: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-24 Thread Kenneth Goldman
> The decision in the case of OpenSSL was that 1.x would have a stable API, > permitting shared libraries to be used interchangeably. OpenSSL does not > have a stable API yet, officially. If that's the rationale, I eagerly await 1.0. The lack of a stable API has hurt me far too many times. I enc

Re: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-22 Thread Joe Flowers
> We're thinking of using openssl in our company but wondering about the version number. Rach, OpenSSL is a great product. It is very widely used and adopted throughout the world. If you ripped it off the face of the planet right now, it would be catastrophic because so many people and systems

Re: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-22 Thread A . L . M . Buxey
Hi, > Why the latest version is still 0.9.x, why it hasn't bumped up to 1.x in > last 8 years. Generally 1.x defines a stable version. hmm, I personally would not get hung up on '1.x is stable' - having used dozens of platforms and software versions to run network delivery solutions I can tell y

RE: Basic question on version number..

2008-08-21 Thread David Schwartz
> Hi, > We're thinking of using openssl in our company but wondering > about the version number. > Why the latest version is still 0.9.x, why it hasn't bumped up > to 1.x in last 8 years. Generally 1.x defines a stable version. > Any insight would be helpful in making a decision. > Thanks, > Ra

Basic question on version number..

2008-08-21 Thread R B
Hi, We're thinking of using openssl in our company but wondering about the version number. Why the latest version is still 0.9.x, why it hasn't bumped up to 1.x in last 8 years. Generally 1.x defines a stable version. Any insight would be helpful in making a decision. Thanks, Rach