How can I make RHEL 6 or RHEL 7 FIPS 140-2 compliant?
Issue
- How to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for FIPS compliance?
- How to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for FIPS compliance?
- To configure RHEL 6 or RHEL 7 to be compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 (ref) several changes need to be made to ensure that accredited cryptographic modules are used. How?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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