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 <[email protected]>.
Man page by Paul Wouters <[email protected]>
fipscheck April 11, 2012 FIPSCHECK(8)
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