On 06/29/2016 07:09 AM, Sahil Gandhi wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Sorry for the late reply. I really appreciate your suggestion but I some > how need to have static library not the dynamic one. You can statically link an application with the FIPS module, using the special "fipsld" link process, but you cannot put the FIPS module in a conventional static library (as managed with "ar"). Unfortunately the requirements of FIPS 140-2 conflict in several ways with standard software engineering practice; it is the tail that wags the dog. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Validation Services, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marquess at openssl.com gpg/pgp key: http://openssl.com/docs/0x6D1892F5.asc