Re: Red Hat 7.9 FIPS 140-2 issue pgAdmin 4.27

Hi Karen,

pgAdmin is not tested in fips 140-2. No one reported such an issue, so we
were not aware of it.
You can log the feature request here -
https://redmine.postgresql.org/projects/pgadmin4/issues/new so that we can
discuss and work on it.

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 12:46 AM Watson, Karen L [US] (MS) <
karen(dot)watson(at)ngc(dot)com> wrote:

> If this is the wrong list please direct me to where I need to post this
> question.
>
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> I’m working for a customer that requires fips 140-2 be turned on at the
> operating system level. The server is Red Hat 7.9 and is using python
> 3.6.8.
>
> I’m trying to install pgAdmin 4.27 in server mode.
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> When running setup.py after being prompted for the email address and
> password for the initial pgAdmin user I get an error message
> EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for fips. I can provide a more detailed message
> when I’m onsite next week at the customer site if needed.
>
>
>
> I have searched the lists and the internet but have not found much
> information. A few posts where individuals were having a problem but no
> answers if pgAdmin will work on a fips 140-2 linux system.
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> We had attempted to install pgAdmin a year ago on a fips 140-2 enabled Red
> Hat OS and found out pgAdmin uses md5 and would not work when logging in
> via the web login. We were hoping this had been fixed since there are
> customers that require the enablement of fips 140-2 on their servers.
>
>
>
> 1) So can someone tell me if pgAdmin will work on a Red Hat 7 server
> when the operating system is in fips 140-2? Yes/No
>
> 2) If no, is there somewhere in the python code for pgAdmin we can
> update to get pgAdmin to work when the operating system is in fips 140-2?
> Yes/No
>
> 3) If the answers to the above two questions are “No” does anyone
> have any recommendations for client software that developers can use from
> Window PCs to access the postgres database?
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance for any help with this.
>

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