Fix NIST links, remove 2473.
authorRich Salz <rsalz@akamai.com>
Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:35:17 +0000 (11:35 -0400)
committerRich Salz <rsalz@akamai.com>
Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:35:17 +0000 (11:35 -0400)
Also remove some "political" content.

Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/63)

docs/fips.html

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          <header><h2>FIPS-140</h2></header>
          <div class="entry-content">
 
-           <p>For a basic introduction,
-           <a href="#background">see below</a>.  Thanks to multiple platform
-           sponsorships, the 2.0 validations include the largest number of
-           formally tested platforms for any validated module.</p>
-
            <p>The most recent open source based validation of a cryptographic
-           module (Module) compatible with the OpenSSL 1.0.1 and 1.0.2
-           libraries is v2.0.16, FIPS 140-2 certificate <a
-           href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#1747">#1747</a>.
+           module (Module) compatible with the OpenSSL 1.0.2
+           is v2.0.16, FIPS 140-2 certificate <a
+           href="https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/Certificate/1747">#1747</a>.
            This Module is documented in the
            <a href="fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf">2.0 User Guide</a>;
            the <a href="/source/openssl-fips-2.0.16.tar.gz">source code</a>,
             are also available.
 
             <p>
-           For convoluted bureaucratic reasons, the same module is also
-           available under the validations <a
-            href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#2398">#2398</a>
-           (revision 2.0.16) and <a
-            href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#2473">#2473</a>
-           (revision 2.0.10).
+           For various bureaucratic reasons, the same module is also
+           available as validation <a
+            href="https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/Certificate/2398">#2398</a>
+           (revision 2.0.16).
            </p>
 
             <p>
              instructions) for your platform, then you can use it as
              validated cryptography on a "vendor affirmed" basis.</li>
 
-             <li>If even the tiniest source code or build process changes are
-             required for your intended application, you cannot use the open
+             <li>If even a single line of the source code or build process
+              has to be changed
+             for your intended application, you cannot use the open
              source based validated module directly.  You must obtain your
              own validation.</li>
 
               <li>None of the validations will work with OpenSSL 1.1.0 or
               later.</li>
 
+              <li>We are starting work on a new validation based on the
+              upcoming 1.1.1 release.</li>
+
            </ul>
 
          </div>