[Info-vax] VSI has released 9.2-1

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/5/2023 9:43 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <u84l3q$kcjd$1 at dont-email.me>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 7/5/2023 4:33 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> Per:
>>>
>>> https://www.openssl.org/docs/fips.html
>>> https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/certificate/4282
>>>
>>> then OpenSSL is FIPS 140-2 certified on:
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>>       Debian 11.5 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x86) with PAA
>>>       Debian 11.5 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x86)
>>> without PAA
>>>       FreeBSD 13.1 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x64) with PAA
>>>       FreeBSD 13.1 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x64)
>>> without PAA
>>>       macOS 11.5.2 running on Apple i7 Mac Mini with Intel i7(x64) with PAA
>>>       macOS 11.5.2 running on Apple i7 Mac Mini with Intel i7(x64)
>>> without PAA
>>>       macOS 11.5.2 running on Apple M1 Mac Mini with M1 with PAA
>>>       macOS 11.5.2 running on Apple M1 Mac Mini with M1 without PAA
>>> (single-user mode)
>>>       Ubuntu Linux 22.04.1 LTS running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel
>>> i7(x64) with PAA
>>>       Ubuntu Linux 22.04.1 LTS running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel
>>> i7(x64) without PAA
>>>       Windows 10 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x64) with PAA
>>>       Windows 10 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x64) without
>>> PAA
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> Maybe VSI want VMS on that list.
>>
>> But I wonder.
>>
>> How will VSI get FIPS 140-2 certification for VMS x86-64 if they only
>> support running in VM not on physical hardware??
> 
> Virtual Machines, by definition, run most of their instructions
> on the physical hardware, including in kernel mode.  Running in
> a VM does not preclude one from access to high-quality hardware
> facilitated entropy sources a priori.

No. But that is not the problem.

FIPS 140-2 certification is a certification of hardware
and software.

VMS 9.2-1 on a VirtualBox VM setup as ... running on
RockyLinux 9 running on Dell Inspiron 7591 with Intel i7(x64)????

Arne