[Bug 1197] Enhancement request to enable fips compatibility mode in OpenSSH

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1197

           Summary: Enhancement request to enable fips compatibility mode in
                    OpenSSH
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 4.3p2
          Platform: All
               URL: http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-1/140sp/140sp642.pdf
                    http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-1.0.pdf
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build system
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: senthilkumar_sen at hotpop.com


Openssl crypto library is now FIPS certified/complaint and the relevant
message can be seen at
http://oss-institute.org/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=62&Itemid=99
and the FIPS userguide is available at
http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-1.0.pdf. This is an
enhancement request to add FIPS switch to configure script that will
enable the FIPS mode for OpenSSH as per FIPS user guide.




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