Regarding FIPS capable openssl (I want to combine libcrypto.a and libssl.a)

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Hi Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

Regards,
Sahil

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Steve Marquess <marquess at openssl.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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Sahil Gandhi
Project Engineer
R&D CDAC, Pune
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