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[Adrian Chadd]

On 2 July 2015 at 12:17, Arthur Mesh <amesh at juniper.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 12:13:54PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> Could we please get something like this implemented in upstream
>> FreeBSD? I'm sure a number of vendors would like to see a (not by
>> default) FIPS-140 random number generator provided. It'd certainly be
>> a good check list item for people evaluating the use of freebsd in an
>> appliance.
>
> Adrian,
>
> Absolutely, once our FIPS lab approves our implementation. Otherwise, it
> may cause more harm than good.

That'd be fantastic, thanks!


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