When the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) sought Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation for its OpenSSL toolkit last year, it was anything but smooth sailing. OSSI has just submitted a new OpenSSL update for FIPS validation but, according to Executive Director John Weathersby, things are bound to go much more smoothly this time around. OpenSSL, allows programs to securely exchange data over a network. The reason that it took so long was they had complaints about the validity of the code base. Another part of this article which should be noted is government agencies are starting to consider using OpenSSL as a data exchange solution. Have you tested out the new OpenSSL update yet?

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