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Description of problem:
radiusd couldn't be started in FIPS mode if rlm_eap module is loaded


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
freeradius-2.1.12-4.el6_3

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.run radiusd-X
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3.

Actual results:
radiusd -X fails with
rlm_eap_tls: Couldn't set ephemeral RSA key
rlm_eap: Failed to initialize type tls
/etc/raddb/eap.conf[17]: Instantiation failed for module "eap"

Expected results:
radiusd is running

Additional info:
Error message tls: Couldn't set ephemeral RSA key comes from generate_eph_rsa_key function in src/main/tls.c

This function calls RSA_generate_key(512, RSA_F4, NULL, NULL); which is the probably source of the problem.

Closing as WONTFIX as fixing this won't make radiusd function in FIPS mode anyway, due to protocol requiring the use of MD5 which is not permitted in FIPS mode.