Re: FIPS-mode keygen fails to include preferences subpackets

Hello,

Ahern, William wrote:
> When libgcrypt is in FIPS mode GnuPG g10/keygen.c:keygen_set_std_prefs
> fails entirely in the absence of an explicit preference list,
> resulting in the symmetric cipher preference list and similar
> subpackets being omitted from the generated public key.

Well, I'd suggest posting this question to gnupg-devel.  This is not a
problem of libgcrypt.

In my opinion... this use case is not (yet) supported by GnuPG.  With
libgcrypt API of 1.12, a program can use the libgcrypt under FIPS mode
in non-rejecting way, so that crypt computations can be done in
non-approved ways.  Possibly, GnuPG could be run using this feature.
Or, we need to modify GnuPG so that it can run under FIPS mode.
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