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