[snazz]

This is not a priority at all for the OpenBSD developers. Most of them are Canadian anyway, as I understand it.

[upofadown]

That is actually understating it. The libressl developers purged the code base of the FIPS stuff as part of a policy. From here:

* https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=139819485423701&w=2

"Note that FIPS mode isn't just worthless, it's actively harmful."

[compuguy]

Unfortunately if you work with the US Government, there are situations where FIPS mode is required. This is why RHEL and CentOS still use OpenSSL...

[zeveb]

Canada actually respects FIPS 140-2 certification (and cooperates in certifying implementations!), so this would very much be relevant in a Canadian context.