Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
- From: "Miller, Timothy J." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:10:42 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
On 8/29/12 9:05 AM, "Marcus, Allan B" <email@hidden> wrote:
>1. I also wonder if Mountain Lion is FIPS compliant even when the
>Administrator tools are not installed. It appears the administrator tools
>are just a validation of the integrity and logging of the system, but
>there is no data to support this claim.
Integrity checking is a core requirement of FIPS validation. If a
cryptomodule is run without the startup self-check, it is by definition
not in FIPS mode.
-- T
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