FIPS Compliance

The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is a U.S. government computer security standard that is used to approve cryptographic modules. Opengear appliances operating in FIPS mode provide FIPS 140-2 level one compliance by utilizing FIPS validated OpenSSL 3.0.8 cryptographic library while in FIPS mode.

Note: The default provider is 3.0.10, however, the FIPS provider remains on 3.0.8 in release 23.10.4. See the example of list providers in Verify that FIPS is enabled.

For more information, see:

• Considerations for using the FIPS feature

• Enable FIPS at the CLI

• Disable FIPS

• Verify that FIPS is enabled