Difference between system being FIPS 140-2 certified/compliant and system running kernel & applications in FIPS mode?

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Issue

  • Is it possible to have FIPS enabled in the RHEL kernel without it affecting apache?
    • If not, what stops apache with mod_ssl from running if FIPS in enabled in the kernel?
  • Does the kernel need to be running with FIPS enabled for tools like authconfig to use the FIPS algorithms like SHA512?
    • What about configuring SSH daemon to access the FIPS algorithms?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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