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FIPS 140-2 certification isn't remotely an indication of correctness of code, for better or worse.

Take, for example, the implementation Dual EC DRBG in the FIPS 140-2 certified OpenSSL module -- it was fatally flawed, and has never worked in practice. (It will be removed from the next version of the module in light of developments in the past year.)

https://lwn.net/Articles/578375/




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