[30499] in Kerberos
Re: FIPS compliance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marcus Watts)
Wed Dec 3 14:38:05 2008
To: Tim Jandt <Tim.Jandt@dedicatedcomputing.com>
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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:37:17 -0500
From: Marcus Watts <mdw@umich.edu>
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You wrote:
> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:32:16 CST
> To: "kerberos@mit.edu" <kerberos@mit.edu>
> From: Tim Jandt <Tim.Jandt@dedicatedcomputing.com>
> Subject: FIPS compliance
>
> Hello,
>
> I found a post in which you mentioned:
>
>
> "FIPS compliance is something you get by going through a very particular govern
> mental certification process, which normally does not deal with generic standar
> ds, but instead deals with specific and particular implementations. Standards
> are described, but the compliance aspect is to show that a particular implement
> ation meets that standard."
>
> Would you by chance have links to any government agencies or test labs web site
> s that describe the FIPS certification process in more detail?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
"You" here is a very vague word. There are about 4 messages in
the thread you appear to reference, from different folks.
Just on the off-chance you mean me, here are some links:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2
https://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation
The 1st is the standard proper. At 69 pages, it's not exactly light
reading, but it could be a *lot* worse. Beware, this may not describe
actual practice, particularly for software. The 3rd describes the actual
experience of one open source project. The 2nd & 3rd have pointers to
additional resources. You can find lots more with google.
-Marcus Watts
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