RE: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-15 Thread mclellan, dave
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:17 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions The term 'FIPS compliant' does not refer to the software capability, but to the implementation used to perform the cryptographic

RE: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-15 Thread Erik Tkal
ect Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) and I'd like to test out this set of assumptions (or maybe they are 'assertions') - In the context of OpenSSL, FIPS compliance is al

Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-15 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:26 PM, mclellan, dave wrote: > We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) > and I’d like to test out this set of assumptions (or maybe they are > ‘assertions’) > > - In the context of OpenSSL, FIPS compliance is all about algorit

OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-15 Thread mclellan, dave
We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) and I'd like to test out this set of assumptions (or maybe they are 'assertions') - In the context of OpenSSL, FIPS compliance is all about algorithm choice. In FIPS mode (FIPS_mode_set() returns success),

Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-14 Thread Steve Marquess
On 11/14/2012 04:21 PM, mclellan, dave wrote: > Thanks for that clarification. It's not so cut and dry, I see. > > About this: "... and don't even bother to build fipscanister.o"... Then on > what grounds could they claim FIPS compliance? There is a common confusion between "FIPS compliant"

Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
@openssl.org > Subject: Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some > assertions > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mclellan, dave wrote: >> ... >> We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) >> and I

RE: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-14 Thread mclellan, dave
lto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:57 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mclellan, dave wrote: > ... > We are starti

Re: OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mclellan, dave wrote: > ... > We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) > and I’d like to test out this set of assumptions (or maybe they are > ‘assertions’) > > - In the context of OpenSSL, FIPS compliance is all about a

OpenSSL/FIPS Object Module and FIPS compliance - testing some assertions

2012-11-14 Thread mclellan, dave
[If this is posted a 2nd time, my apologies, I believe my subscription was broken] We are starting our FIPS implementation soon (FIPS OM 2.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.1) and I'd like to test out this set of assumptions (or maybe they are 'assertions') - In the context of OpenSSL, FIPS complian