Re: [PATCH] os: deprecate the -enable-fips option and QEMU's FIPS enforcement
On 20/10/20 18:22, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ int os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char
*optarg)
break;
#if defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
case QEMU_OPTION_enablefips:
+ warn_report("-enable-fips is deprecated, please build QEMU with "
+ "the `libgcrypt` library as the cryptography provider "
+ "to enable FIPS compliance");
fips_set_state(true);
break;
#endif
Should you also remove fips_set_state(true) and make fips_get_state()
return the contents of /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled, so that VNC
password authentication is disabled?
Paolo