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DOCKER_CMD=DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t doc_build --build-arg MANPATH=$(MANPATH) --build-arg PDFFILE=$(PDFFILE) --target=manual --output=build -f Dockerfile .

all: wolfssl wolfssh wolfboot wolfclu wolfcrypt-jni wolfmqtt wolfsentry wolfssl-jni wolftpm wolfengine
all: wolfssl wolfssh wolfboot wolfclu wolfcrypt-jni wolfmqtt wolfsentry wolfssl-jni wolftpm wolfengine fips-ready

build:
@mkdir -p build
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porting: build
@$(DOCKER_CMD)

.PHONY: fips-ready
fips-ready: MANPATH=wolfSSL-FIPS-Ready
fips-ready: PDFFILE=wolfSSL-FIPS-Ready.pdf
fips-ready: build
@$(DOCKER_CMD)


clean:
rm -rf build
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* `make wolfssl-jni`
* `make wolftpm`
* `make porting`
* `make fips-ready`

## Contributing

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-include ../common/common.am
.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
all: pdf html


SOURCES = section01.md \
section02.md \
section03.md \
section04.md

ifeq ($(DOC_LANG),JA)
PDF = wolfSSL-FIPS-Ready-ja.pdf
DOXYFILE = Doxyfile-ja
else
PDF = wolfSSL-FIPS-Ready.pdf
DOXYFILE = Doxyfile
endif


.PHONY: html-prep
html-prep:

.PHONY: pdf-prep
pdf-prep:
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% wolfSSL FIPS Ready User Guide ![](logo.png)

---
header-includes:
# Blank pages on new sections
- \usepackage{titlesec}
- \newcommand{\sectionbreak}{\clearpage}
- \let\oldsection\section
- \renewcommand\section{\clearpage\oldsection}
# Fancy page headers
- \usepackage{fancyhdr}
- \pagestyle{fancy}
- \fancyfoot[LO,RE]{COPYRIGHT \copyright 2023 wolfSSL Inc.}
# Wrap long syntax highlighting code blocks
- \usepackage{fvextra}
- \DefineVerbatimEnvironment{Highlighting}{Verbatim}{breaklines,commandchars=\\\{\}}
# Wrap long non-sytax highlighted code blocks
- \usepackage{listings}
- \let\verbatim\undefined
- \let\verbatimend\undefined
- \lstnewenvironment{verbatim}{\lstset{breaklines,basicstyle=\ttfamily}}{}
subparagraph: yes
---
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site_name: FIPS Ready User Guide
site_url: https://wolfssl.com/
docs_dir: build/html/
site_dir: html/
copyright: Copyright © 2023 wolfSSL Inc.
nav:
- "1. Overview of FIPS Ready": index.md
- "2. Building wolfSSL as FIPS Ready": section02.md
- "3. Changes Since FIPS 140-2 Ready": section03.md
- "4. wolfCrypt FIPS Ready API": section04.md
theme:
name: null
custom_dir: ../mkdocs-material/material
language: en
palette:
primary: indigo
accent: indigo
font:
text: roboto
code: roboto mono
icon: "logo.png"
logo: logo.png
favicon: logo.png
feature:
tabs: true
extra_css: [skin.css]
use_directory_urls: false
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# wolfSSL FIPS Ready

Do you have a project you'll need for a FIPS approved cryptographic library at
a future date and want to be ready for it now? wolfSSL FIPS Ready is exactly
what you need. It is the wolfSSL Inc FIPS enabled cryptography layer code
included in the wolfSSL source tree that one can enable and build. You do not
get a FIPS certificate, you are not FIPS approved, but you will be Ready to go
through the FIPS process when the time comes. FIPS Ready means that you have
included the FIPS code into your build and that you are operating according to
the FIPS enforced best practices of default entry point, and conditional
algorithm self-tests (CAST) that came with FIPS 140-3. When the time comes,
you can get your operating environment tested and added to the wolfSSL Inc
FIPS 140-3 certificate for wolfCrypt or submit for a brand new FIPS 140-3 cert
from scratch and all the coding work will have been done.

FIPS Ready is open source and dual-licensed. wolfSSL Inc distributes FIPS
Ready wolfSSL with the GPLv3 license or can negotiate commercial licensing
terms with support if needed beyond the proof of concept phase.

FIPS is a complicated topic. If you have questions after reviewing this
document, then just contact us at facts -at- wolfssl _dot_ calm. The email
address is obfuscated for the spiders, but the calm is for the calm you’ll feel
when you are FIPS Ready.

## What is Different from a non-FIPS build of wolfSSL?

The wolfCrypt FIPS API provides wrappers for all the approved algorithm
functions that are within the FIPS boundary. The FIPS wrappers can be called
directly, or you can keep calling the original APIs; at compile time the API
is swapped by the headers so that the FIPS wrappers will be called either way.
The FIPS wrapper functions check the status of the internal self-testing before
calling the actual function. If the CAST for that specific algorithm has not
been run at least one time previously it will run the first time the algorithm
is used. Users now have the option to either pre-emptively test algorithms at
start up if they wish to avoid the test running at a later time or they can
just let the test run when the algorithm is used.

The wolfCrypt FIPS 140-3 ready code has a required power-on self-test (POST)
that automatically checks the integrity of the executable in memory, this has
not changed since 140-2, only the known answer tests (KATs) for algorithms not
used by the POST are now conditional upon use. The executable is organized so
the code in the FIPS boundary is adjacent in memory. When the application using
the FIPS code starts up, or the shared library is loaded, the default entry
point of the library is called, and the POST runs automatically. It has two
major parts: the in-core memory check and the known answer tests (KAT) for the
algo used by the POST (HMAC-SHA256).

The POST for HMAC-SHA256 is performed first followed by the in-core memory
test. The code in memory is hashed with HMAC-SHA256. If the hash matches, the
test progresses. Otherwise the FIPS module is placed in an error state and all
calls into the module will fail until the integrity hash is updated.

All other algorithms in the FIPS boundary are tested with canned data the
first time they are used or optionally whenever the developer wants them to
run. The output is compared to pre-computed known answers. The test values are
all inside the boundary and are checked at the time they are called. Several of
the tests have a random component, for example a sign and verify, so a known
piece of data is signed and then verified with a canned key. The key generation
is tested in a similar fashion.

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# Building wolfSSL as FIPS Ready

Once you have a copy of the source code unarchived into a directory, building
is similar to normal wolfSSL, but with extra steps.

The following steps assume you are on a Linux or macOS box and are using the
GPLv3 distribution of wolfSSL FIPS Ready to make a shared library to be
installed into the system.

## Unarchive the source

$ tar xzvf wolfssl-5.6.0-gplv3-fips-ready.tar.gz

This unarchives the source into the directory wolfssl-4.0.0-gplv3-fips-ready.
Change into this directory. If you received a commercial release, replace
gplv3 with commercial and .tar.gz with .7z and tar xzvf with 7z x -p<password>
found in the distribution email.

## Configure the build.

```
$ ./configure --enable-fips=ready[a]
```

This command configures the Makefile to build wolfSSL for FIPS Ready.

## Make the library.

```
$ make
```

This compiles all the sources and links together the library. It also builds
the example tools and testing tools.

## Update the in-core memory hash.

```
$ ./fips-hash.sh
$ make # Re-build once the hash has been updated
```

This step is where the hash for the in-core memory test is calculated and will
need to be updated. The wolfCrypt test should fail when called by the
fips-hash.sh script and if you were to echo out the output the following
message would be observed (NOTE the hash value will be unique):

```
in my Fips callback, ok = 0, err = -203
message = In Core Integrity check FIPS error
hash = 8D29242F610EAEA179605BB1A99974EBC72B0ECDB26B483B226A729F36FC82A2
In core integrity hash check failure, copy above hash
into verifyCore[] in fips_test.c and rebuild
```

Should you add other options to the build, this may change the hash value and
this step will need to be repeated. Also modifications to the application may
result in the fips boundary shifting in memory when the application is
re-compiled. The hash changing when only the application is updated is not an
indication of the module being effected, only shifted in place in memory. This
is expected if compiling a static library and application. Shared objects tend
to not experience this issue.

4.1 If one were to do the above without using the provided
fips-hash.sh/span>script one could either edit the file
wolfcrypt/src/fips_test.c and update the hash manually or use a configure
like so:

```
$ ./configure --enable-fips=ready CFLAGS=”-DWOLFCRYPT_FIPS_CORE_HASH_VALUE=8D29242F610EAEA179605BB1A99974EBC72B0ECDB26B483B226A729F36FC82A2”
```

4.2 Make the library again.

## Test the build.

```
$ make check
```

The check target in the Makefile will run all the test tools and scripts we
provide with wolfSSL and wolfCrypt. If everything is OK, you should see the
following output:

```
PASS: scripts/resume.test
PASS: scripts/external.test
PASS: scripts/google.test
PASS: testsuite/testsuite.test
PASS: scripts/openssl.test
PASS: tests/unit.test
=======================================================================
Testsuite summary for wolfssl 4.0.0
=======================================================================
# TOTAL: 6
# PASS: 6
# SKIP: 0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL: 0
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
=======================================================================
```

## Install the library and headers.

```
$ make install
```

The install target in the Makefile will install all the headers and the
library into your system By default, this is into the directory /usr/local.

At this point, wolfSSL FIPS Ready should be ready to be used in your
application builds.



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# What has changed from the original FIPS 140-2 ready?

1. One now needs to call wc_SetSeed_Cb at the application level when running in
FIPS mode.

a. +#ifdef WC_RNG_SEED_CB

b. + wc_SetSeed_Cb(wc_GenerateSeed);

c. +#endif

2. KEY Access Management

a. Users calling wolfSSL (SSL/TLS) APIs’ do not need to worry about the KEY
Access Management item, however for those calling crypto APIs please see
next steps

b. Users invoking wolfcrypt (wc_XXX) APIs’ directly that involve loading or
using a private key must manage the key access at the application level. To
be able to read in or use a private key the application must allow this by
calling PRIVATE_KEY_UNLOCK(); prior to reading a key or using a key. When
finished the application must** lock the key access again before terminating
by calling PRIVATE_KEY_LOCK();

i. The PRIVATE_KEY_UNLOCK and PRIVATE_KEY_LOCK can optionally be invoked
only once on startup and once on shutdown or…

ii. If the application wishes to be very strict, these can be called
immediately before and after each call that involves a private key load
or use.

** “application must lock again before terminating” - This is a
documentation requirement, this is not enforced at run-time by an error
or prevention from exiting. Failing to re-locking the key before exiting
makes the application “not FIPS compliant”.

c. To support an application that can link to both a wolfSSL FIPS library
version and a wolfSSL non-FIPS library version users can implement NO-OP
versions for the non-FIPS cases like so:

```
#if !defined(PRIVATE_KEY_LOCK) && !defined(PRIVATE_KEY_UNLOCK)
#define PRIVATE_KEY_LOCK() do {} while (0)
#define PRIVATE_KEY_UNLOCK() do {} while (0)
#endif
```

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