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authorsteve <steve>2011-04-05 15:24:08 +0000
committersteve <steve>2011-04-05 15:24:08 +0000
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Extensive reorganisation of PRNG handling in FIPS module: all calls
now use an internal RAND_METHOD. All dependencies to OpenSSL standard PRNG are now removed: it is the applications resposibility to setup the FIPS PRNG and initalise it. Initial OpenSSL RAND_init_fips() function that will setup the DRBG for the "FIPS capable OpenSSL".
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Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.1.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
+ *) Extensive reorganisation of FIPS PRNG behaviour. Remove all dependencies
+ to OpenSSL RAND code and replace with a tiny FIPS RAND API which also
+ performs algorithm blocking for unapproved PRNG types. Also do not
+ set PRNG type in FIPS_mode_set(): leave this to the application.
+ Add default OpenSSL DRBG handling: sets up FIPS PRNG and seeds with
+ the standard OpenSSL PRNG.
+ [Steve Henson]
+
*) Rename old X9.31 PRNG functions of the form FIPS_rand* to FIPS_x931*.
This shouldn't present any incompatibility problems because applications
shouldn't be using these directly and any that are will need to rethink