From 89a3ad0b6e7cfd7bc5588e8bbf243e99a0b8562d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:06:03 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Add note about FIPS mode. Wording suggested by Roland McGrath. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ NEWS | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 98561a2530..b106e0e83b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-10-10 Alexandre Oliva + + * NEWS: Add note about FIPS mode. Wording suggested by Roland + McGrath. + 2012-10-10 Alexandre Oliva * crypt/crypt-entry.c: Include fips-private.h. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 490e4dca15..4d18638131 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ Version 2.17 the tty file descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available. This allows creation of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc. +* The `crypt' function now fails if passed salt bytes that violate the + specification for those values. On Linux, the `crypt' function will + consult /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled to determine if "FIPS mode" is + enabled, and fail on encrypted strings using the MD5 or DES algorithm + when the mode is enabled. + Version 2.16