Well, it's not necessarily "meaningless." It would be great to see more governmental agencies choosing open source options but, from what I understand, when it comes to managing sensitive data, only software that is tested and proven to be reliable and secure can be used -- hence OpenSSL's validation process. Sure, it's important to use the tools wisely but, without the FIPS validation, this open source tool can't be used by the government in the first place.
for the final answer. I also prefered "whet" as in "stimulate" (always a good thing) but went with "wet" since it seemed to come first in the days of olde. At any rate, I spent more time looking up that than anything else pertaining to the submission 'cause I know you guys are all about the details.;-)
Now, I will go wet my whetstone and whistle while I do it.
Heh....you're right! Hey, it's been a while since I played. :-)
Are you guys making fun of my lissssp? ;-)
Well, it's not necessarily "meaningless." It would be great to see more governmental agencies choosing open source options but, from what I understand, when it comes to managing sensitive data, only software that is tested and proven to be reliable and secure can be used -- hence OpenSSL's validation process. Sure, it's important to use the tools wisely but, without the FIPS validation, this open source tool can't be used by the government in the first place.
I thought it was "whet" as well but deferred to this site:
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http://www.takeourword.com/TOW114/page4.html
for the final answer. I also prefered "whet" as in "stimulate" (always a good thing) but went with "wet" since it seemed to come first in the days of olde. At any rate, I spent more time looking up that than anything else pertaining to the submission 'cause I know you guys are all about the details.
Now, I will go wet my whetstone and whistle while I do it.
Not a forum but a decent site nonetheless: http://www.rootprompt.org/
I asked the same question once and I'm told there's no relation.
oxfletch, What kinds of things did the folks you talked to have to say? What were their beefs?