NIST Validation Of OpenSSL Algorithms 19
An anonymous reader submits "On Monday, May 10, 2004,
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) posted a notice
that the AES, DES, 3DES, DSA and SHA-1 algorithms for OpenSSL have
been validated. The validation notices can
be found at the following NIST sites: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Algorithm (Certification # 146);
Data Encryption Standard
(DES) Validated Implementations (Cert # 258); Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA, a.k.a. "Triple
DES"): (Cert # 256); Digital Signature Algorithm
(DSA) Validation System: (Cert # 108); Secure
Hash Algorithm (SHS) Validation System: (Cert # 235). Successful
validation of these algorithms does NOT mean that
OpenSSL has received FIPS 140-2 validation, yet. The overall FIPS 140-2 validation effort for OpenSSL is still in process. Additional
updates will be posted on the OSSI web site, www.oss-institute.org.
NIST validation of these
algorithms does, however, signify a major milestone in OSSI's efforts
to
secure the FIPS 140-2 validation for OpenSSL. Please post any
questions
that you might have to questions@oss-institute.org."
Poster left out explination of what FIPS is (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Poster left out explination of what FIPS is (Score:5, Informative)
It should be noted that if (or rather, when) OpenSSL is FIPS 140-2 certified, it doesn't mean that you can use OpenSSL and claim that your code is FIPS 140-2 certified. Technically, you can't even recompile OpenSSL yourself and claim certification on the resulting binaries, you need to go through the certification process again.
Even still, this is definitely nice to see. Congrats to the OpenSSL team.
J
Re:Poster left out explination of what FIPS is (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Poster left out explination of what FIPS is (Score:2)
Re:Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)
Want to try an experiment - come up with really decent random number generator (not based on FIPS or built in functions) and send a fake encrypted message twice a day to someone in a foreign country. See how long before you are visited
Re:Hmm (Score:2)
Yeah? Find a length of which a square's side and its diagonal are both multiples.
Re:Hmm (Score:1)
I don't care how many D's (Score:2)
All math is solvable (Score:2)