Applications and FIPS 140-2
A system that is running in FIPS 140-2 mode has enabled at least one provider of FIPS 140-2 cryptography. Some applications (consumers) call FIPS 140-2 cryptography automatically, for example, the passwd
command. Some applications call FIPS 140-2 cryptography providers dynamically, for example, Secure Shell. Other applications run in FIPS 140-2 mode when their provider is enabled and the administrator has configured the application to use FIPS 140-2 cryptography only, for example, Kerberos, IPsec, and the Apache HTTP Server.