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Re:Chrome: From NSS to OpenSSL by crashandburn4 on Friday April 11, 2014 @05:44AM (#7571990)
Hi, can someone help me understand what the significance of FIPS certification is? ( beyond the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2 )
Re:Chrome: From NSS to OpenSSL by leoc on Friday April 11, 2014 @07:11AM (#7572207)
AFAIK the US federal government (excluding the military, which obviously has its own hoops to jump through) generally can't use your hardware/software unless it has the appropriate FIPS certification(s). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing...