Thanks Jakub. With this patch, would both the SSH server side (e.g. sshd) and client side (e.g. ssh, scp, ssh-keygen) applications be operating with OpenSSL FIPS mode? Thanks a lot for your answers. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Jakub Jelen <jjelen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/28/2016 03:12 AM, security veteran wrote: > >> I have one question regarding the FIPS patch in >> >> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/openssh.git/tree/openssh-6.7p1-fips.patch >> : >> >> I assume somewhere from within the OpenSSH code it should invoke >> FIPS_set_mode API, but all I saw was FIPS_mode(). >> Does FIPS_mode() serve the same purposes as FIPS_set_mode()? >> > FIPS_mode() is openssl function [1]. As manual page says, it determines if > the FIPS mode is enabled. The other function FIPS_mode_set() [2] is used to > modify FIPS status (enables/disables). > > Openssh itself should not change the FIPS mode. It should behave according > to the system setup (FIPS mode should be set up system-wide). > >> Also the patch is for OpenSSH 7.0. Is there a patch for OpenSSH 6.6? >> > You should be able to go back in the git history to 6.6 version or put > hands on CentOS patches [3], where we use 6.6 version. > > [1] https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/FIPS_mode%28%29 > [2] https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/FIPS_mode_set%28%29 > [3] > https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!openssh/6745269c7b486c1c096ca27e0c1aa97fe8b03c60/SOURCES!openssh-6.6p1-fips.patch;jsessionid=f8qjnilsd281oo2uwua8fm17 > > Regards, > > -- > Jakub Jelen > Associate Software Engineer > Security Technologies > Red Hat > > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
