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Re: Crypto consolidation in debian ?



md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) writes:

> On Apr 27, Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 07:20:55PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>> > The reason is that the kind of entities which require FIPS 140 probably
>> > also tend to require corporate vendor support, which we do not provide.
>> What is FIPS 140 and why is this important?
> It is a certification required by USG and many financial customers.

For what it's worth, libgcrypt was in FIPS evaluation long time ago and
may even be certified by now.

/Simon


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