Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] FIPS question
- From: William Cerniuk <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:19:19 -0400
Good info!
Wonder how that works on iOS.
Never saw any self check on PGP when it was PGP (vs SEE now) but maybe it was just too smooth to notice as PGP.
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R/Wm.
On Aug 30, 2012, at 9:10 AM, "Miller, Timothy J." <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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