FIPS-MODE-SETUP(8)

NAME
fips-mode-setup - Check, enable, or disable the system FIPS mode.

SYNOPSIS

fips-mode-setup [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

fips-mode-setup(8) is used to check and control the system FIPS mode.

When enabling the system FIPS mode the command completes the installation of FIPS modules if needed by calling fips-finish-install and changes the system crypto policy to FIPS.

Then the command modifies the boot loader configuration to add fips=1 and boot=<boot-device> options to the kernel command line.

When disabling the system FIPS mode the system crypto policy is switched to DEFAULT and the kernel command line option fips=0 is set.

OPTIONS

The following options are available in fips-mode-setup tool.

    • --enable: Enables the system FIPS mode.

    • --disable: Disables the system FIPS mode.

    • --check: Checks the system FIPS mode status.

    • --no-bootcfg: The tool will not attempt to change the boot loader configuration and it just prints the options that need to be added to the kernel command line.

FILES

/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled
    The kernel FIPS mode flag.

SEE ALSO

update-crypto-policies(8), fips-finish-install(8)

AUTHOR

Written by Tomáš Mráz.