The benefits of native FIPS support in Go 1.24

17 · Red Hat · March 10, 2025, 7:06 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the introduction of native FIPS 140-3 support in Go 1.24, highlighting its importance for security compliance in enterprise and government environments. It explains the FIPS Cryptographic Module's features, including seamless integration into the Go standard library, build-time configuration, and runtime control for FIPS compliance. The reader is informed about Red Hat's contributions to this development, emphasizing their commitment to open source and ongoing support for FIPS in Go applications.