OpenSSL *source* to get FIPS 140-2 Level 1 certification

Joshua Hill josh-crypto at untruth.org
Fri Sep 5 15:26:58 EDT 2003


On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 01:32:21PM -0400, Anton Stiglic wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken, this would be the first free,
> open-source, crypto library that has FIPS 140 module certification!  

I believe that this is incorrect.  

The two open-source projects that I'm aware of that have FIPS 140 certs
are The Crypto++ Library, (cert 343, issued today) and The Mozilla
project's NSS, which was certified by SUN under FIPS 140-1, levels 1
and 2.  (certs 247 and 248).

			Josh

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