Re: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL

2009-05-08 Thread Carl Anderson
, Could someone please explain to me in simple terms the relationship between the OpenSSL FIPS module and OpenSSL itself? Is the FIPS module used by OpenSSL as a crypto engine or such like or am I way off base here? Thanks for any assistance or pointers. Thanks, Carl

RE: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL

2009-05-08 Thread Bill Colvin
: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL I was using openssl to encrypt files at the command line and I was wondering if the FIPS mode could be enabled for doing that. Carl Anderson On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Kyle Hamilton aerow...@gmail.com wrote: OpenSSL FIPS is used essentially

Re: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL

2009-05-08 Thread Randy Turner
Message- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org ] On Behalf Of Carl Anderson Sent: May 8, 2009 8:39 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL I was using openssl to encrypt files at the command line and I

relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL

2009-05-07 Thread carlyoung
Hi, Could someone please explain to me in simple terms the relationship between the OpenSSL FIPS module and OpenSSL itself? Is the FIPS module used by OpenSSL as a crypto engine or such like or am I way off base here? Thanks for any assistance or pointers. Thanks, Carl

Re: relationship between FIPS module and OpenSSL

2009-05-07 Thread Kyle Hamilton
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, carlyo...@keycomm.co.uk wrote: Hi, Could someone please explain to me in simple terms the relationship between the OpenSSL FIPS module and OpenSSL itself? Is the FIPS module used by OpenSSL as a crypto engine or such like or am I way off base here? Thanks