[GH-ISSUE #465] Request: leverage another crypto library that would allow for FIPS validation #695

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opened 2026-08-05 00:39:36 -04:00 by saavagebueno · 0 comments
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Originally created by @finnje on GitHub (Sep 12, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/issues/465

Wireguard itself won't be FIPS validated as the encryption algorithms aren't approved for FIPs validation, but other crypto in use, for example the netbird ssh connections could be FIPS validated if something like https://github.com/golang-fips/go was used instead of the default go crypto library.

Originally created by @finnje on GitHub (Sep 12, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/issues/465 Wireguard itself won't be FIPS validated as the encryption algorithms aren't approved for FIPs validation, but other crypto in use, for example the netbird ssh connections could be FIPS validated if something like https://github.com/golang-fips/go was used instead of the default go crypto library.
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Reference: DYNR/netbird#695