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doc: Describe FIPSDIR environment variable
As per the OpenSSL User Guide, it is possible to use the FIPSDIR environment variable to specify a custom install path for the validated cryptographic module. PR-URL: #3752 Reviewed-By: Michael Dawsson <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Shigeki Ohtsu <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <[email protected]>
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Appendix A in the [security policy]
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(http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf).
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The only exception is that `./config no-asm` can be
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used in place of `./config` )
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used in place of `./config`, and the FIPSDIR environment variable
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may be used to specify a non-standard install folder for the
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validated module, as per User Guide sections 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3.
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6. Get into Node.js checkout folder
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7. `./configure --openssl-fips=/path/to/openssl-fips/installdir`
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For example on ubuntu 12 the installation directory was

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