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FIPS Mode Considerations

Note the following considerations when using FIPS mode:

• When the agent is enabled in FIPS mode (sysedge_fips_mode 1 or sysedge_fips_mode 2) on a platform that does not support FIPS mode, its behavior is the same as a platform that supports FIPS mode.

  For example, if you enable FIPS only mode (sysedge_fips_mode 2), and if the authorization protocol MD5 is used on a platform that does not have support for FIPS mode, access using MD5 fails (which is the same behavior as if FIPS only mode was supported on the platform).