wolfSSL is thrilled to announce that critical enterprise security and system services can now achieve FIPS 140-3 compliance through our GnuTLS-wolfSSL integration. This breakthrough comes from our ongoing work integrating wolfSSL’s FIPS 140-3 certified cryptography (wolfCrypt) into GnuTLS, enabling a true drop-in solution for Linux applications.
For enterprises in government, defense, finance, healthcare, and other regulated industries, this eliminates a major hurdle to deploying essential security infrastructure that must meet federal compliance standards.
What We’ve Built
Unlike traditional approaches requiring extensive rewrites, our solution operates entirely behind the scenes. By patching GnuTLS at the library level with wolfCrypt’s certified cryptographic operations, applications gain FIPS 140-3 compliance without changing a single line of their code. Simply rebuild with our patched GnuTLS library, and your entire security infrastructure achieves FIPS compliance.
We’re continuously validating this integration through CI/CD testing against 17 applications, testing target versions, latest releases, and master branches to ensure rock-solid compatibility. Our fork is now debianized, making deployment as simple as installing a standard Debian package.
Enterprise Applications Now FIPS-Ready
OpenLDAP – The industry-standard directory services platform for authentication and authorization across enterprise networks.
Samba – Provides Windows-compatible file sharing, print services, and Active Directory integration for mixed Linux/Windows environments.
dirmngr – The GnuPG component handling certificate and CRL management for cryptographic operations.
TPM2-tools – Utilities for interacting with Trusted Platform Module 2.0 hardware for secure key storage and attestation.
rsyslog – High-performance system logging with TLS support for secure remote log transmission.
fwupd – The Linux firmware update daemon that securely manages firmware updates across hardware components.
How We Enable FIPS Compliance
These applications rely on GnuTLS for secure authentication, encrypted communications, certificate validation, and cryptographic operations. By integrating wolfSSL’s FIPS 140-3 certified wolfCrypt module into GnuTLS, we deliver a true drop-in solution. Depending on the algorithms your application uses, you may need no code changes at all, just rebuild with our patched library and achieve FIPS compliance across your enterprise security stack.
The debianized package makes deployment straightforward: install our GnuTLS-wolfSSL package on your Debian-based system, and your enterprise services automatically benefit from FIPS-certified cryptography.
Questions?
Take a more in-depth look at our integration on the wolfSSL GitHub, if you need support we are more than happy to help you out, you can email us at support@wolfssl.com.
If you have questions about any of the above, please contact us at facts@wolfssl.com or call +1 425 245 8247.
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