From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Question regarding LUKS
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:18:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111020081835.GA26340@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <447BD5696AE910409E86411D8A0DEE73036632@NDHEP50002.na.corp.mckesson.com>
I don't think anybody ever invested the money needed
to find out.
As far as I understand the FIPS 140-2 requirements,
LUKS could not go above level 1 anyways, as it is
a pure software component. In a concrete implementation
it may be possible to bring it up to higher levels,
(e.g. by having it run inside a HSM), but the
certification would then be only for that specific
platform.
That said, I think LUKS could be FIPS 140-2 level 1
certifiable as it is, as it folows current cryptographic
practices and is a very solid and resilient design.
That does not make it certified FIPS 140-2 level 1
though.
Also note that FIPS 140-2 seems to not make a
lot of sense for software components like LUKS. It
looks to be more intended for smartcards, Hardware
Security Modules and the like, i.e. whole devices
including software.
Arno
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:55:18PM +0000, King, Al wrote:
> Is LUKS FIPS 140-2 complaint?
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> Thank you
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> Al King, CISSP, CISM, CIPP/G
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-20 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-19 16:55 [dm-crypt] Question regarding LUKS King, Al
2011-10-20 8:18 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2011-10-20 8:43 ` Milan Broz
2011-10-20 11:02 ` Arno Wagner
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