FIPS mode key import?

"Chris Newman" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.crypto
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have NSS-based DKIM signing working in our mail server software, but 
run into a problem when trying to do it in FIPS mode.

I've been importing the DKIM private key using either 
PK11_ImportPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey or 
PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey, but these APIs don't work in 
FIPS mode (they map to C_CreateObject which disallows raw key import). 
If FIPS mode only supports import of an encrypted private key, how would 
I import the symmetric key that was used to encrypt the private key? 
Seems like a catch22 for a distributed system where keys have to move 
around.

I like to avoid the OpenSSL-crypto-monoculture, but right now it looks 
like using OpenSSL-FIPS is the fastest path forward. Any suggestions for 
a way I could keep using NSS for this?

		- Chris
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