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FIPSCHECK(8)                       fipscheck                      FIPSCHECK(8)

NAME
       fipscheck - perform a FIPS-140-2 validation check of one or more files
SYNTAX
       fipscheck [-s <hmac-suffix>] file1 [file2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
       fipscheck will perform a FIPS-140-2 validation of a file using a stored
       checksum of a file. The file containing the checksum value is first
       looked up in the /usr/lib{64,}/fipscheck directory and if not found
       there, it will be searched for in the same directory as the file which
       is being checksummed.
       The checksum file must have '.' prepended and '.hmac' appended to the
       original file name. The '.' must not be prepended to the file names in
       the /usr/lib{64,}/fipscheck directory.
       If invoked correctly the fipscheck command will not print anything to
       the standard output or error and set the return code based on the test
       result. A return code of 0 means the file passed the checksum test. A
       value of non-zero means the checksum failed.
       The -s option allows to specify the suffix of the hmac file names. The
       default value .hmac is used when this option is not specified.
RETURN CODES
       fipscheck can return the following return codes:
       0 Checksum OK
       1 Checksum mismatch
       2 Missing filename
       3 Cannot open the checksum file
       4 Cannot read the file to be checksummed, or the checksum computation
       failed
       5 Memory allocation error
       10 and higher - Failure during self-checking the libfipscheck.so shared
       library
       20 and higher - Failure during self-checking the fipscheck binary
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       If you set the environment variable FIPSCHECK_DEBUG to "error", all
       error messages are sent to stderr. Setting this variable to "syslog"
       will send all error messages to the syslog daemon.
FIPS MODE
       A kernel compiled with CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS=y can be booted in fips mode
       by specifying fips=1 as kernel parameter. If the /boot director resides
       on a different partition, this needs to be specfied, for example
       boot=/dev/sda2.
SEE ALSO
       fipshmac(8), fipscheck.h(3), https://fedorahosted.org/fipscheck/
AUTHOR
       Tomas Mraz <tmraz AT redhat.com>.
       Man page by Paul Wouters <pwouters AT redhat.com>
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2008, 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
       Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
       modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
       met:
       1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
       2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

fipscheck                       April 11, 2012                    FIPSCHECK(8)