Thanks Steve. When the environment variable OPENSSL_FIPS is set, does it enable FIPS mode globally, so that any applications which use OpenSSL also enter FIPS mode? On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Dr. Stephen Henson <steve at openssl.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016, security veteran wrote: > > > > > openssl dgst -md5 FILE_NAME > > > > To me it looks like the openssl commands are always run with FIPS enabled > > in this case. Is that the expected behavior? > > > > Ihe openssl command enters FIPS mode if the environmant variable > OPENSSL_FIPS > is set. > > Steve. > -- > Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. > Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org > _______________________________________________ > openssl-users mailing list > To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/attachments/20160119/21eb381b/attachment.html>