[openssl-users] Does OpenSSL FIPS modules only affect libcrypto.so

[security veteran]

Thanks Steve.

When the environment variable OPENSSL_FIPS is set, does it enable FIPS mode
globally, so that any applications which use OpenSSL also enter FIPS mode?

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Dr. Stephen Henson <steve at openssl.org>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016, security veteran wrote:
>
> >
> > openssl dgst -md5 FILE_NAME
> >
> > To me it looks like the openssl commands are always run with FIPS enabled
> > in this case. Is that the expected behavior?
> >
>
> Ihe openssl command enters FIPS mode if the environmant variable
> OPENSSL_FIPS
> is set.
>
> Steve.
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