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		tptacek 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The FIPS 140-3 Go Cryptographic Module None; it's an optional package you use when your users require FIPS 140.

aranw 6 months ago [–]

Ahh okay I didn’t realise it is just a package. I wondered if it was more than that and included stuff with the compiler or something

haiku2077 6 months ago | [–]

It's also a new compiler option to transparently replace calls to the crypto stdlib package with FIPS versions

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