FIPS 140-2 supported platforms

Vertica uses a certified OpenSSL FIPS 140-2 cryptographic module to meet the security standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for Federal Agencies in the United States or other countries. Vertica links with the version of OpenSSL on the system to perform cryptographic operations at run time. When operating in FIPS mode, Vertica relies on the operating system's FIPS configuration to ensure a FIPS-certified version of OpenSSL is present in the environment.

OpenText can support Vertica in FIPS mode on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 9.2 and higher with FIPS-compliant versions of OpenSSL 3.0. OpenSSL version 1.1.1k is not supported. For information on downloading FIPS-compliant libraries, see the OpenSSL documentation.

Important

OpenText runs specific tests on each operating system version before claiming official support. RHEL 9.x is not officially supported, but OpenText offers best-effort support for RHEL 9.2 and higher for users who require FIPS compliance.

If you need help setting up Vertica on RHEL 9.x to run in FIPS mode, contact OpenText support.

FIPS-enabled Vertica requires the following:

A user-generated certificate signed by an approved Certificate Authority.
TLS 1.2 to support the server-client connection for a FIPS-enabled system.

Supported drivers

Vertica supports the following client drivers for FIPS-compliance:

vsql
ODBC
JDBC

Important

FIPS-enablement is not supported in the Management Console.

For more information see Federal information processing standard.