Licensing and installation for FIPS 140-2 stations

The main requirement for FIPS 140-2 in Niagara 4 is to have a FIPS license. However, in order to install a FIPS license, certain steps must be followed. The installation procedures for a supervisor and for a JACE are slightly different, and detailed in the following sections.

NOTE: The version of FIPS 140-2 that you install must be compatible with the version of Niagara installed on your Supervisor PC and remote controller(s).

FIPS 140-2 consists of:

the module, docFips140.jar
two folders for the algorithm providers: fips and meta-inf. These folders contain configuration information.

NOTE: If your application runs in a web browser, you must install the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) local and export policy files in the JAVA home folder.

Licensing and installation for FIPS 140-2 stations

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