What's New in Encryption in SAS 9.3
Overview
FIPS 140-2 is a standard that defines the security requirements that must be satisfied by a cryptographic module used in a security system protecting unclassified information within IT systems. In SAS 9.3, enhancements have been made to support this standard of security. SAS/SECURE and SSL now comply with the FIPS 140-2 standard.
General Enhancements
- SAS/SECURE now supports FIPS 140-2 encryption.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) now supports FIPS 140-2 encryption.
- New option ENCRYPTFIPS specifies that encryption services will use FIPS 140-2 validated algorithms. When specified, a new INFO message is written at server start-up.
- The process for downloading SSL libraries has changed.
- If using the ...
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