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• bc-fips-<VERSION>.jar
• bctls-fips-<VERSION>.jar

Configuring FIPS Mode

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You can place these libraries wherever you choose. This location will be referred to as <BC_DIR> below.

Configuring FIPS Mode

1. Set the system property that allows only FIPS-approved algorithms. This property must be set regardless of the method used to configure your system for FIPS compliance. For Bouncy Castle, set it as shown below:

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   -D orgDorg.bouncycastle.fips.approved_only=true

2. Open the java.security file in the <INSTALL<JAVA_DIR>HOME>/bin/jre/conf/security directory  directory and make the following changes: 

   1. Set the list of security providers by commenting out all existing properties named security.provider.<number> and fips.provider.<number>, then inserting the following lines:

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      security.provider.1=org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider security.provider.2=org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.BouncyCastleJsseProvider fips:BCFIPS security.provider.3=SUN

   2. Change key and trust manager factory algorithms for the javax.net.ssl package to PKIX.

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      ssl.KeyManagerFactory.algorithm=PKIX ssl.TrustManagerFactory.algorithm=PKIX

   3. Change the default keystore type to fips and disable the compatibility mode for JKS and PKCS12 keystore types.

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      keystore.type=fips keystore.type.compat=false

   4. (Linux only) Add the NativePRNGNonBlocking algorithm to the list of known strong SecureRandom implementations:

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      securerandom.strongAlgorithms=NativePRNGNonBlocking:SUN,NativePRNGBlocking:SUN,DRBG:SUN

3. Save your changes.

4. Open the java.policy file in the <INSTALL<JAVA_DIR>/binHOME>/jre/conf/security directory and insert the following permissions into the default domain:

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   permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.sun.security.internal.spec"; permission org.bouncycastle.crypto.CryptoServicesPermission "tlsAglorithmsEnabled";

5. Save your changes.

6. Open the logging.properties file in the <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/jre<JAVA_HOME>/conf/ directory  directory and insert the following Bouncy Castle logger configuration:

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   org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.DisabledAlgorithmConstraints.level=SEVERE org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.PropertyUtils.level=SEVERE

7. Create a new keystore file of type "BCFKS" where server certificates will be hosted. The following options must be included:

   • -storetype BCFKS
   • -providerName BCFIPS
   • -providerclass org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider
   • -providerpath <BC_DIR>/bc-fips-<VERSION>.jar

     Example keytool command:

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     keytool -genkey -keyalg RSA -alias <ALIAS> -storetype BCFKS -keystore keystore.bcfks -storepass <PASSWORD> -keysize 2048 -providername BCFIPS -providerclass org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider -providerpath <BC_DIR>/bc-fips-<VERSION>.jar

8. Copy the keystore.bcfks file to <TOMCAT_HOME>/conf.

9. Open the server.xml file in the <INSTALL_DIR>/app/tomcat/conf/ directory and add the following attributes to the <Connector> element:

   • certificateKeystoreProvider="BCFIPS"

   • certificateKeystoreType="BCFKS"

   • certificateKeystoreFile="conf/keystore.bcfks"
     For example:
     

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     <Connector port="8443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" maxThreads="150" SSLEnabled="true"> <SSLHostConfig> <Certificate certificateKeystoreProvider="BCFIPS" certificateKeystoreType="BCFKS" certificateKeystoreFile="conf/keystore.bcfks" certificateKeyAlias="$ALIAS" certificateKeystorePassword="$PASSWORD" type="RSA" /> </SSLHostConfig> </Connector>

10. Open the context.xml file in the <TOMCAT_HOME>/conf and insert the following line:
    

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    <Manager className="org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager" secureRandomProvider="BCFIPS" secureRandomAlgorithm="DEFAULT" />

11. Add the following Java option to your startup command to point to the Bouncy Castle FIPS libraries:
    

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    --module-path=<BC_DIR>

12. Save your changes.