Re: [PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2021-03-30 05:03:14
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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2021-03-30 05:03:14
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:00:45PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
On 3/29/21 9:37 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:quoted
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 09:00:01PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:quoted
+ If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped.I don't think any tests are skipped. It does however disable many algorithms by essentially failing them at the testing stage.That statement was based on crypto/testmgr.c (in 4 places): if (fips_enabled && template[i].fips_skip) continue;
By skipping the test, the algorithm effectively fails the self-test and therefore is disabled. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt