RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can you install/run postgresql on a FIPS enabled host?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 4:25 PM
To: McDermott, Becky <bmcderm(at)sandia(dot)gov>; pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Can you install/run postgresql on a FIPS enabled host?

On 3/21/22 15:15, McDermott, Becky wrote:
> We have a requirement to run all of our applications on FIPS enabled
> hosts.  Is it possible to install and successfully run postgreql on a
> FIPS enabled host?
>
> We currently run postgres ina  container that is executing on a FIPS
> enabled host with the setting:  password_encryption = scram-sha-256
>
> And none of our Java clients can connect to the postgresql database. 
> If we run postgresql on a non-FIPS enabled host, everything works fine.

Postgres version?

JDBC version?

>
> I’m having a hard time finding any FIPS guidance for postgresql from
> googling.  If anyone has any guidance or has gotten this to work, that
> would be most helpful.
>
> Thank you,
>
> *Becky McDermott*
>

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Adrian Klaver
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