Re: Replace current implementations in crypt() and gen_salt() to OpenSSL

> On 4 Dec 2024, at 15:40, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/4/24 09:33, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> since OpenSSL 1.1.1 cannot operate in FIPS mode.
> 
> I don't think that is correct. The RHEL 8 openssl which was FIPS 140-2 validated is 1.1.1k. See:
> 
> https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/security-policies/140sp4642.pdf

Does RHEL publish the source of their fork somewhere?  In OpenSSL 1.1.1 the
code for FIPS_mode is:

int FIPS_mode(void)
{
    /* This version of the library does not support FIPS mode. */
    return 0;
}

Do you know if RHEL patched OpenSSL to allow FIPS_mode() to return other than 0
or if that function is useless regardless?

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Daniel Gustafsson