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Re:Why we use HTTPS for every .gov website we make by tptacek on Friday November 14, 2014 @07:35PM (#8610390)
Regardless of your detailed answer, FIPS crypto requirements are a topic of some amusement in professional cryptographic and security circles, and anything you do to push back on them will be a help basically to humanity.
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Re:Why we use HTTPS for every .gov website we make by tedunangst on Friday November 14, 2014 @11:02PM (#8610790)
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. :)
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Re:Why we use HTTPS for every .gov website we make by klaruz on Friday November 14, 2014 @10:19PM (#8610721)
I am in 100% agreement with you, FIPS is bonkers.
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