How important is FIPS 140-2 Level 1 cert?

[Ben Laurie]

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Ben Laurie <ben at algroup.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> While we're at it, an amusing fact I learnt about FIPS-140 while I was
>> implementing it for OpenSSL is that some of the Monte Carlo tests have output
>> that's independent of the input.
> 
> Did you also notice that the MCT test vectors published in "The Random Number
> Generator Validation System (RNGVS)" are wrong?  Or is that what you meant by
> "independent of the input"?

When I did FIPS, there was no RNGVS :-)

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