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SubjectRe: crypto: FIPS 200 mode
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Am Dienstag, dem 30.03.2021 um 15:26 -0700 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
>
> The Kconfig help text for CRYPTO_FIPS says
>
> config CRYPTO_FIPS
>         bool "FIPS 200 compliance"
> ...
>         help
>           This option enables the fips boot option which is
>           required if you want the system to operate in a FIPS 200
>           certification.  You should say no unless you know what
>           this is.
>
> This seems confusing to me since it says "compliance" in one place and
> "certification" in another place. And AFAICT, those two words don't
> mean the same thing as far as NIST & FIPS are concerned.
>
>
> Should it say "compliance" in both places?  E.g.
>
>         help
>           This option enables the fips boot option which is
>           required if you want the system to operate in FIPS 200
>           compliance mode.  You should say no unless you know what
>           this is.

Sounds good to me.

Ciao
Stephan
>
>
> thanks.


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