Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 May 2018 18:25:22 -0400 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: Linux messages full of `random: get_random_u32 called from` |
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On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 10:49:34AM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote: > > It is a Fedora patch we're carrying > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libgcrypt/blob/master/f/libgcrypt-1.6.2-fips-ctor.patch#_23 > so yes, it is a Fedora specific use case. > From talking to the libgcrypt team, this is a FIPS mode requirement > to run power on self test at the library constructor and the self > test of libgrcypt ends up requiring a fully seeded RNG. Citation > is in section 9.10 of > https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/Cryptographic-Module-Validation-Program/documents/fips140-2/FIPS1402IG.pdf
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but does Fedora need FIPS compliance? Or is this something which is only required for RHEL?
("Here's to FIPS: the cause of, and solution to, all of Life's problems." :-)
- Ted
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