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authorEmilia Kasper <emilia@openssl.org>2017-02-28 12:30:28 +0100
committerEmilia Kasper <emilia@openssl.org>2017-02-28 15:26:25 +0100
commitb53338cbf8822dd774f9e4057307f347d2b63ff0 (patch)
tree762d5194d048f5ae4d156b769115ca8f3b5b4155 /doc/man5/config.pod
parent223a90cc9a94d1f6abf04ef28dc30b03c3e5e0c1 (diff)
Clean up references to FIPS
This removes the fips configure option. This option is broken as the required FIPS code is not available. FIPS_mode() and FIPS_mode_set() are retained for compatibility, but FIPS_mode() always returns 0, and FIPS_mode_set() can only be used to turn FIPS mode off. Reviewed-by: Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
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diff --git a/doc/man5/config.pod b/doc/man5/config.pod
index 9df0ecb1e4..24ebafb533 100644
--- a/doc/man5/config.pod
+++ b/doc/man5/config.pod
@@ -193,17 +193,8 @@ This modules has the name B<alg_section> which points to a section containing
algorithm commands.
Currently the only algorithm command supported is B<fips_mode> whose
-value should be a boolean string such as B<on> or B<off>. If the value is
-B<on> this attempt to enter FIPS mode. If the call fails or the library is
-not FIPS capable then an error occurs.
-
-For example:
-
- alg_section = evp_settings
-
- [evp_settings]
-
- fips_mode = on
+value can only be the boolean string B<off>. If B<fips_mode> is set to B<on>,
+an error occurs as this library version is not FIPS capable.
=head2 SSL Configuration Module