As described in Chapter 1, if a vendor wants to sell their product containing crypto algorithms to the US government, that product (or more specifically, the module containing the crypto algorithms) must be FIPS certified. For a module to be FIPS certified means that the module must also contain at least one (1) FIPS-approved crypto algorithm. And finally, all FIPS-approved crypto algorithm within the module’s boundary must be validated and issued an official certificate by the CMVP. The ...
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