Re: How to test a build of the FIPS provider

Viktor Dukhovni <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:21:55 +1100

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On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 06:15:55PM -0500, Ken Goldman wrote:

> When I do a build (configure, make), there is no
> /home/openssl/lib.
> 
> The top level /home/openssl has libcrypto.so.
> 
> The fips library is in /home/openssl/providers/fips.so
> but I don't know how to link to it.

Applications are NOT directly linked to provider code.  Providers are
dynamically loaded not dynamically linked (DSO not DLL).

The instructions you're looking for are in: 

    https://groups.google.com/a/openssl.org/g/openssl-users/c/g4nAp5Ih2Jg/m/6HOu2NSIAgAJ

posted 16 hours before the message this is responding to and 9 minutes
before the message (sadly, a non-productive direction to follow) for
which that is a response.

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