FIPSMode Element (Compact 7)

3/12/2014

This element indicates whether Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode is enabled. When a wireless connection is operating in FIPS mode, the security level of the connection complies with the FIPS 140-2 standard.

This element is optional. If this element is not specified in a profile, FIPS mode is not enabled.

FIPSMode can be set to TRUE only when the following conditions are true:

• The connectionType Element element has a value of ESS (that is, the connection is an infrastructure connection)
• The authentication Element element has a value of WPA2 or WPA2PSK
• The encryption Element element has a value of AES

The value of the FIPSMode element is ignored if the miniport driver for the wireless interface does not support FIPS mode.

Syntax

<xs:element name="FIPSMode"
    type="boolean"
 />

Remarks

The FIPSMode element is defined by the authEncryption Element.

See Also

Reference

Profile XML Schema Elements
connectionType Element
authentication Element
encryption Element
authEncryption Element
Profile XML Schema Reference