Issue #19608 has been updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA). In Dev Meeting 5/10 at Matsumoto, no one objects this proposal. ---------------------------------------- Misc #19608: Being a co-maintainer of the ruby/openssl for the OpenSSL FIPS mode https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19608#change-103032 * Author: jaruga (Jun Aruga) * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) ---------------------------------------- ## Motivation and context Recently I have been working for the [ruby/openssl](https://github.com/ruby/openssl) to support OpenSSL 3 FIPS mode such as sending pull-requests and reporting issues to the [OpenSSL project](https://github.com/openssl/openssl). The related issue ticket is [here](https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/603). Currently a challenge of the ruby/openssl is that it doesn't work well on the OpenSSL FIPS mode, and I want ruby/openssl to work on it by adding the OpenSSL 3 FIPS mode case to the CI, and by adding more FIPS related unit tests and features. To solve this challenge, I would like to be a co-maintainer of the ruby/openssl for the FIPS mode related things. What do you think? ## What is FIPS mode? For someone who is interested in knowing the FIPS mode. Let me share the related documents below. In my understanding, FIPS mode is a security policy developed by US government. In some cases, the shipped Linux OS systems need to follow this policy. And OpenSSL has a feature to enable the FIPS mode. The README is [here](https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/README-FIPS.md). And there can be FIPS specific issues in the ruby/openssl with the OpenSSL FIPS mode enabled. FIPS related documents: * [FIPS Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards) * [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/htm...) * [Amazon Linux](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/fips/) * [SUSE Linux](https://www.suse.com/support/security/certifications/) * [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/security/certifications/docs/fips) ## Past FIPS related issue tickets As a reference, I just found some old issue tickets below. It is about OpenSSL 1.0 and 1.1 FIPS mode. * https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6946 * https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19073 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/