OpenSSL Loses FIPS Certification: Impact on Open Source Standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has revoked certification of the open-source encryption tool OpenSSL under the Federal Information Processing Standard. OpenSSL in January became one of the first open-source software products to be validated under NIST The revocation caught the Open Source Software Institute, which shepherded the module through the validation process, by surprise.

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