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Re: Via puts RNGs on new processors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joshua Hill)
Wed Apr 9 11:19:35 2003
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:22:40 -0700
From: Joshua Hill <josh-crypto@untruth.org>
To: Anton Stiglic <astiglic@okiok.com>
Cc: t.c.jones@att.net, Don Davis <don@mit.edu>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: <007501c2fe0c$dc430e80$c7ab6395@p1038mobile>; from astiglic@okiok.com on Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 04:24:27PM -0400
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 04:24:27PM -0400, Anton Stiglic wrote:
>
> In fact to be a bit more precise, for FIPS 140-2 level 3 the module
> needs to provide a call for the statistical tests, and it may automatically
> start the tests on power up. For FIPS 140-2 level 4, the module must
> execute the statistical tests on power up.
This was the case for the initial version of the standard (as well as FIPS
140-1), but this requirement has since been dropped. (as of Dec 3, 2002)
There are no longer any power on or user initiated statistical tests
required by FIPS 140-2. The testing lab still needs to perform some
tests while testing the module, but that's the extent of it.
Josh
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