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[Cryptography] Something weird about FIPS 140-2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Watson Ladd)
Fri Nov 29 23:40:05 2013
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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:31:17 -0800
From: Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Errors-To: cryptography-bounces+crypto.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@metzdowd.com
It being the day after Thanksgiving I decided to read crypto
standards. And in the process of reading FIPS 140-2 I came across
section 4.6.1, mandating a single operator and no preemption of
processes doing cryptography. How exactly could OpenSSL on a COTS
operating system ever meet the requirements of FIPS 140-2 given that
section?
Could someone deign to explain to me what exactly FIPS validation
means for software?
It appears that is nothing beyond an excuse to implement DUAL_EC_DRBG.
Sincerely,
Watson
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