[gnutls-help] FIPS and conditional tests

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:18 AM, jonetsu at teksavvy.com
<jonetsu at teksavvy.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> In FIPS mode, will Gnu TLS perform the so-called conditional tests
> automatically before each algorithm use ?

Which tests do you refer to? In FIPS mode you test the algorithms on
library initialization not before each algorithm use.

> Is there a 'continuous'
> DRBG test in FIPS mode ?

Yes. That's very easy to verify in the source code.

regards,
Nikos