From edbe121eb2038e8fd43678183f5b908ede1fc9f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Budeanu Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 14:50:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Describe FIPSDIR environment variable As per the OpenSSL User Guide, it is possible to use the FIPSDIR environment variable to specify a custom install path for the validated cryptographic module. --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7e7b17470f4513..ef51fc89287a53 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ Instructions: Appendix A in the [security policy] (http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf). The only exception is that `./config no-asm` can be - used in place of `./config` ) + used in place of `./config`, and the FIPSDIR environment variable + may be used to specify a non-standard install folder for the + validated module, as per User Guide sections 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3. 6. Get into Node.js checkout folder 7. `./configure --openssl-fips=/path/to/openssl-fips/installdir` For example on ubuntu 12 the installation directory was