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--- openssl-1.0.0-beta5/README.warning	2010-01-20 16:00:47.000000000 +0100

+++ openssl-1.0.0-beta5/README	2010-01-21 09:06:11.000000000 +0100

@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@

  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson

  All rights reserved.

+ WARNING

+ -------

+

+ This version of OpenSSL is built in a way that supports operation in

+ the so called FIPS mode. Note though that the library as we build it

+ is not FIPS validated and the FIPS mode is present for testing purposes

+ only.

+ 

+ This version also contains a few differences from the upstream code

+ some of which are:

+   * There are added changes forward ported from the upstream OpenSSL

+     0.9.8 FIPS branch however the FIPS integrity verification check

+     is implemented differently from the upstream FIPS validated OpenSSL

+     module. It verifies HMAC-SHA256 checksum of the whole shared

+     libraries. For this reason the changes are ported to files in the

+     crypto directory and not in a separate fips subdirectory. Also

+     note that the FIPS integrity verification check requires unmodified

+     libcrypto and libssl shared library files which means that it will

+     fail if these files are modified for example by prelink.

+   * The module respects the kernel FIPS flag /proc/sys/crypto/fips and

+     tries to initialize the FIPS mode if it is set to 1 aborting if the

+     FIPS mode could not be initialized. It is also possible to force the

+     OpenSSL library to FIPS mode especially for debugging purposes by

+     setting the environment variable OPENSSL_FORCE_FIPS_MODE.

+   * If the environment variable OPENSSL_NO_DEFAULT_ZLIB is set the module

+     will not automatically load the built in compression method ZLIB

+     when initialized. Applications can still explicitely ask for ZLIB

+     compression method.

+

  DESCRIPTION

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