FIPS 140-3 Validated OpenZFS Encryption: Is There Demand?

We’re looking at building a wolfCrypt backend for OpenZFS native encryption. Before we commit, we want to know who needs it.

If you’re running encrypted ZFS datasets, you’re running unvalidated crypto that no FIPS module can currently help with. Nobody offers FIPS-validated ZFS encryption. Anywhere.

The engineering is straightforward. We have already spec’d and prototyped it. Our existing FIPS 140-3 certificate (wolfCrypt, #4718) already covers all of the required algorithms.

This matters for organizations running Proxmox or TrueNAS in regulated environments. Licensing changes are driving VMware customers toward both platforms, but federal agencies and defense contractors can’t complete that migration without FIPS-validated crypto at every layer, including the filesystem

If your organization needs FIPS-validated ZFS encryption (whether on Proxmox, TrueNAS, or bare metal), tell us about it. What’s your deployment? What compliance requirement are you working under?

If you have questions about any of the above, please contact us at facts@wolfssl.com or call us at +1 425 245 8247.

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