OpenSSL Receives FIPS 140-2 Validation

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 23, 2006 @02:26AM from the it's-11am-do-you-know-where-your-bits-are dept.

Argon writes "Close on heals of NewsForge reporting about Government Agency dragging its heels on OpenSSL validation comes the news that OpenSSL receives FIPS Certification. More details are available at the Open Source Institute site which has been driving the effort to get OpenSSL certified. FIPS 140-2 certification allows software using the certified version of OpenSSL to get into various Government departments previously not possible, thus increasing penetration of Free Software in Government."

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Is the end of RSA Security (the company)? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-23 03:06 · Score: 3, Interesting

OpenSSL has long been the choice crypto library for many commercial applications. When such products need to be sold into government they invariably face the issue of FIPS 140-2 certification. Does an OpenSSL FIPS 140-2 module signal the end of RSA Security. Other than their SecureID tokens RSA do not seem to have a lot more to offer.