Chapter 11. Managing FIPS Mode Support
Chapter 11. Managing FIPS Mode Support Red Hat Directory Server fully supports the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2. When Directory Server runs in FIPS mode, security-related settings change. For example, SSL is automatically disabled and only TLS 1.2 and 1.3 encryption is used. For general details about FIPS, see Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security hardening documentation. Enabling FIPS Mode Support To enable FIPS mode support for Directory Server: Optionally, enable FIPS mode in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For details, see the corresponding section in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security hardening documentation. Enable FIPS mode for the network security services (NSS) database: Restart the Directory Server instance: Disabling FIPS Mode Support To disable FIPS mode support for Directory Server: Disable FIPS mode for the network security services (NSS) database: Restart the Directory Server instance:
modutil -dbdir /etc/dirsrv/slapd- instance_name / -fips true dsctl instance_name restart modutil -dbdir /etc/dirsrv/slapd- instance_name / -fips false dsctl instance_name restart