Re: Full Disk Encryption solutions selected for US Government use

"Steven M. Bellovin" <smbcs.columbia.edu>
writes:
>On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:57:36 -0700 "Ali,
Saqib" <docbook.xmlgmail.com> wrote:
>> US Government has select 9 security vendors that
will product drive
>> and file level encryption software.
>
>Out of curiousity, are any open source FDE products
being evaluated?

Given that it's for USG use, I imagine the FIPS 140 entry
barrier for the
government gravy train would be fairly effective in keeping
any OSS products
out.

Peter.

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Peter Gutmann wrote:
> "Steven M. Bellovin" <smbcs.columbia.edu> writes:
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:57:36 -0700 "Ali,
Saqib" <docbook.xmlgmail.com> wrote:
>>> US Government has select 9 security vendors
that will product drive
>>> and file level encryption software.
>> Out of curiousity, are any open source FDE products
being evaluated?
> 
> Given that it's for USG use, I imagine the FIPS 140
entry barrier for the
> government gravy train would be fairly effective in
keeping any OSS products
> out.

? OpenSSL has FIPS 140.

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