FIPSMode

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FIPSMode

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Enable/disable FIPS 140–2 compliant library for database encryption on Red Hat Linux.

Synopsis

[Startup]    FIPSMode=n

Description

Enable/disable FIPS 140–2 compliant library for database encryption on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (or later minor version) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (or later minor version) for x86-64.

The value n is either 1 or 0.

When FIPSMode=1 (true), InterSystems IRIS uses the FIPS 140–2 compliant library for database encryption.
When FIPSMode=0 (false), InterSystems IRIS does not use the FIPS 140–2 compliant library for database encryption. Default is 0.

See the article FIPS 140–2 Compliance for InterSystems IRIS Database Encryption for details.

Example

FIPSMode=0

Range of Values

0 or 1. The default is 0 (false, disabled).

Management Portal

On the page System Administration > Configuration > Additional Settings > Startup, in the FIPSMode row, select Edit. Select the check box to use the FIPS 140-2 compliant library for database encryption.