[openssl-dev] FIPS validation

[Steve Marquess]

On 09/07/2016 12:49 AM, Leon Brits wrote:
> Hi SteveM,
> 
> Yes we are copycats - thanks for making it possible.
> 
> I was also amazed when I received the email very close to our final
> source code review and operational testing phase.
> 
> I've used the fips_algv tests suite to have the algorithms validated
> (#3768) using this lab but I cannot see how to use it to "induce" and
> error in the FIPS module.
> 

Look at what the "fips_test_suite" option of fips_algv does. That's also
discussed in the OpenSSL FIPS module user guide.

-Steve M.

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