[EXTERNAL] Re: MD5 and FIPS

[Sands, Daniel]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of Dr
> Paul Dale
> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 2:33 PM
> To: openssl-users at openssl.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: MD5 and FIPS
> 
> If you are using OpenSSL 1.0.2 and the old FOM, you're out of luck.
> 
> If you are using OpenSSL 3.0 with the FIPS provider, you can still access MD5 by
> loading appropriate providers and specifying a property query.  See the
> migration or FIPS guides.

This sounds like an acceptable workaround.  So if I load the legacy provider, then request MD5 (or SHA1) explicitly through that provider, it should provide a working context?