doc: note the restriction on digests used by DRBGs in FIPS mode.

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20521)
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Pauli 2023-03-16 14:21:25 +11:00
parent f553c0f0dd
commit e14fc22c90
3 changed files with 60 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ B<openssl fipsinstall>
[B<-no_conditional_errors>]
[B<-no_security_checks>]
[B<-ems_check>]
[B<-no_drbg_truncated_digests>]
[B<-self_test_onload>]
[B<-self_test_oninstall>]
[B<-corrupt_desc> I<selftest_description>]
@ -175,6 +176,11 @@ Configure the module to enable a run-time Extended Master Secret (EMS) check
when using the TLS1_PRF KDF algorithm. This check is disabled by default.
See RFC 7627 for information related to EMS.
=item B<-no_drbg_truncated_digests>
Configure the module to not allow truncated digests to be used with Hash and
HMAC DRBGs. See FIPS 140-3 IG D.R for details.
=item B<-self_test_onload>
Do not write the two fields related to the "test status indicator" and

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@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ These parameters work as described in L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>.
=head1 NOTES
When the FIPS provider is installed using the B<-no_drbg_truncated_digests>
option to fipsinstall, only these digests are permitted (as per
L<FIPS 140-3 IG D.R|https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/fips%20140-3/FIPS%20140-3%20IG.pdf>):
=over 4
=item SHA-1
=item SHA2-256
=item SHA2-512
=item SHA3-256
=item SHA3-512
=back
A context for HASH DRBG can be obtained by calling:
EVP_RAND *rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "HASH-DRBG", NULL);
@ -86,7 +104,15 @@ NIST SP 800-90A and SP 800-90B
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_RAND(3)>,
L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>
L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>,
L<openssl-fipsinstall(1)>
=head1 HISTORY
OpenSSL 3.1.1 introduced the B<-no_drbg_truncated_digests> option to
fipsinstall which restricts the permitted digests when using the FIPS
provider in a complaint manner. For details refer to
L<FIPS 140-3 IG D.R|https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/fips%20140-3/FIPS%20140-3%20IG.pdf>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT

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@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ These parameters work as described in L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>.
=head1 NOTES
When using the FIPS provider, only these digests are permitted (as per
L<FIPS 140-3 IG D.R|https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/fips%20140-3/FIPS%20140-3%20IG.pdf>):
=over 4
=item SHA-1
=item SHA2-256
=item SHA2-512
=item SHA3-256
=item SHA3-512
=back
A context for HMAC DRBG can be obtained by calling:
EVP_RAND *rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "HMAC-DRBG", NULL);
@ -89,7 +106,16 @@ NIST SP 800-90A and SP 800-90B
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_RAND(3)>,
L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>
L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>,
L<openssl-fipsinstall(1)>
=head1 HISTORY
OpenSSL 3.1.1 introduced the B<-no_drbg_truncated_digests> option to
fipsinstall which restricts the permitted digests when using the FIPS
provider in a complaint manner. For details refer to
L<FIPS 140-3 IG D.R|https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/fips%20140-3/FIPS%20140-3%20IG.pdf>).
=head1 COPYRIGHT