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• bc-fips-<VERSION>.jar (tested with version 2.01.01)

• bctls-fips-<VERSION>.jar (tested with version 2.01.1920)

• bcutil-fips-<VERSION>.jar (tested with version 2.01.34)

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

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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.

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   -Dorg.bouncycastle.fips.approved_only=true

2. If you are using a version of Java higher than 17, use keytool to convert the cacerts file to the FIPS-compliant BCFKS format:

   1. Open the console and execute the following commands:
      

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      cd <JAVA_HOME> mv lib/security/cacerts lib/security/cacerts.pkcs12 ./bin/keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore lib/security/cacerts.pkcs12 -srcstoretype PKCS12 -destkeystore lib/security/cacerts -deststoretype BCFKS -providername BCFIPS -providerclass org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider -providerpath <BC_DIR>/bc-fips-<VERSION>.jar -srcstorepass changeit -deststorepass changeit

   2. Set the system property to specify the password required to access the trust store:
      

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      -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit

3. Open the java.security file in the <JAVA_HOME>/conf/security 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

4. Save your changes.

5. Open the java.policy file in the <JAVA_HOME>/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 "tlsAglorithmsEnabledtlsAlgorithmsEnabled";

6. Save your changes.

7. Open the logging.properties file in the <JAVA_HOME>/conf 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

8. 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

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

10. Open the server.xml file in the <TOMCAT_HOME>/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" maxParameterCount="1000" > <SSLHostConfig> <Certificate certificateKeystoreProvider="BCFIPS" certificateKeystoreType="BCFKS" certificateKeystoreFile="conf/keystore.bcfks" certificateKeyAlias="$ALIAS" certificateKeystorePassword="$PASSWORD" type="RSA" /> </SSLHostConfig> </Connector>

11. 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" />

12. Save your changes.

13. 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>

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