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

Ben Laurie ben at algroup.co.uk
Tue Sep 9 19:25:37 EDT 2003


Tolga Acar wrote:
> Well, that is sort of my point.
> SHA1 is not a signature algorithm, sha1-with-rsa is, and that RSA is not
> a certified algorithm in OpenSSL's FIPS 140 certification, 
> sha1-with-rsa isn't, either.
> Perhaps, my understanding of the OpenSSL FIPS 140 certification is not
> entirely accurate.

My fault. RSA is not validated (there are no validation tests for it),
but it will be in the code we are submitting for certification.

Cheers,

Ben.

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