From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 18:21:26 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B01D16A401 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F6F13C4BB for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:21:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (a17-128-113-38.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2QIKZmR001145; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 3004F40012; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:20:35 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807126-af730bb00000669a-f2-46080ef35c9b Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 1E70A40478; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:20:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20070326125457.02407db0@datatekcorp.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20070326125457.02407db0@datatekcorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5CAB737C-0B79-4153-83EB-7F3CC54DA212@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:20:33 -0700 To: Lorraine Chin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FIPS 140-2 for government use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:21:26 -0000 On Mar 26, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Lorraine Chin wrote: > Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports any hardware security module > (cryptoprocessor) certified for FIPS 140-2 or know if there are > future plans to do this? > > My company has a product based on FreeBSD that wants to incorporate > a FIPS 140-2 certified cryptoprocessor, required for use in the > government but all the boards on the market are developed and FIPS- > certifed for LInux, Solaris, AIX, etc... just NOT FreeBSD. See "man cryptodev"; FreeBSD also has device drivers for the Hi/FN, VIA AES, SafeNet 1x41, & Broadcom/BlueSteel uBsec 5x0x devices. -- -Chuck