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FIPS Userspace POST?

Hello!

When booting in verbose, i notice:

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: Running kernel space in FIPS MODE

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS integrity POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS AES CBC POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS TDES CBC POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS SHA POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS HMAC POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS ECDSA POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS DRBG POST test passed!

5/12/12 7:28:04.000 PM kernel[0]: corecrypto.kext FIPS POST passed!

Is it normal?

Andrei

MacBook Air Mid 2009, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on May 12, 2012 9:33 AM

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Linc Davis

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Posted on May 12, 2012 9:41 AM

It means that you, or your IT administrator, installed the Apple FIPS Cryptographic Module.

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etresoft

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May 13, 2012 7:34 AM in response to andreigherghe

It sounds like your hard disk is dead. Does that machine have a mechanical hard drive or SSD?

May 13, 2012 7:39 AM in response to etresoft

I'll let it boot Recovery one more time. FIY i was never able to boot recovery. The HDD is mechanical, but i don't think it's dead. I had no problems w/ it.

May 13, 2012 8:18 AM in response to andreigherghe

40+ mins. Stuck at spinning gear 😟

Can't it be rewritten? w/o erasing? Maybe i can put the Lion image onto a USB and reinstall without erasing. Will that rewrite the recovery as well?

Thanks

May 13, 2012 9:00 AM in response to andreigherghe

USB Drive *

etresoft

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May 13, 2012 9:13 AM in response to andreigherghe

andreigherghe wrote:

I'll let it boot Recovery one more time. FIY i was never able to boot recovery. The HDD is mechanical, but i don't think it's dead. I had no problems w/ it.

It is sure acting like it is dead. Did you have any kind of encryption on it? Maybe that is what the FIPS software was doing.

You can install Lion or Snow Leopard on an external drive, boot from that, and maybe make a backup of the startup drive. Then you can erase and reinstall Lion.

Linc Davis

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May 13, 2012 9:20 AM in response to andreigherghe

May I ask where you got this computer? It has software on it that's used only by government agencies and other security-sensitive organizations. Why don't you know that?

May 13, 2012 9:24 AM in response to Linc Davis

It's got Filevault2 on it. It's mine, bought from our Apple reseller. I installed Lion personally.

I started an install directly from the OS. Now it's asking for reboot. I'll see what happens.

Linc Davis

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May 13, 2012 9:30 AM in response to andreigherghe

FIPS has nothing to do with FileVault. If you bought the machine new, it didn't come with FIPS, so you must have installed it. Why did you do that?

May 13, 2012 10:49 AM in response to andreigherghe

I did NOT install FIPS. Maybe Cinema 4D's netrender? Or Photoshop CS6?

Anyway, i did a reinstall without erasing, and recovery works! But sine i have Filevault now, i can't boot verbose to check if FIPS is there...

Linc Davis

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May 13, 2012 11:02 AM in response to andreigherghe

If recovery is now working, you can erase the boot volume and reinstall. You say you have no data, so that shouldn't be a problem for you. FIPS doesn't come with Cinema 4D or Photoshop. It comes only from the source I linked earlier. If you didn't install it, who did?

May 13, 2012 11:48 AM in response to Linc Davis

Nobody had access to my Mac. However, why should i erase it? It doesn't affect me. And i spent a lot of time configuring the apps.

May 13, 2012 12:26 PM in response to andreigherghe

ARGH! Now Mail won't open 😢

Application Specific Information:

dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:

Symbol not found: _OBJC_CLASS_$_PBOXRemoteMediaBrowserPanel

Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iLifeMediaBrowser.framework/Versions/A/iLifeM ediaBrowser

Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/RemoteViewServices.framework/Versions/A/Remot eViewServices

in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iLifeMediaBrowser.framework/Versions/A/iLifeM ediaBrowser

May 14, 2012 3:38 AM in response to andreigherghe

Gah nevermind... I just reinstalled from the Snow Leo DVD.

Thanks everyone!

Jun 8, 2012 4:09 AM in response to andreigherghe

Just curious, did you experiment with a developer preview of Mountain Lion?

Jun 8, 2012 4:13 AM in response to Graham Perrin

Yes. Why?

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