| Summary: | Need an API addition for the DSA parameter generation for CAVS testing | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel> |
| Component: | libgcrypt | Assignee: | Tomas Mraz <tmraz> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Ondrej Moriš <omoris> |
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | urgent | ||
| Version: | 6.2 | CC: | iboverma, omoris, pm-eus, pvrabec, sgrubb, smueller, tcapek, tmraz |
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | ZStream |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | libgcrypt-1.4.5-5.el6_1.2 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: |
With this update, the libgcrypt API for the DSA algorithm has been enhanced to allow for presetting the prime (P) and the subprime (Q) parameters when generating the base (G) parameter. This is necessary for the algorithm correctness validation according to the FIPS-186-3 standard.
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2011-05-31 14:31:42 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Bug Depends On: | 706845 | ||
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Description
RHEL Program Management
2011-05-30 13:38:42 UTC
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With this update, the libgcrypt API for the DSA algorithm has been enhanced to allow for presetting the prime (P) and the subprime (Q) parameters when generating the base (G) parameter. This is necessary for the algorithm correctness validation according to the FIPS-186-3 standard.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-0846.html |