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Update FIPS hmac key documentation
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The documentation is slightly incorrect about the FIPS hmac key.

CLA: trivial

Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]>
(Merged from openssl#23846)
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matthauck authored and t8m committed Mar 22, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ Setting the FIPS HMAC key

As part of its self-test validation, the FIPS module must verify itself
by performing a SHA-256 HMAC computation on itself. The default key is
the SHA256 value of "the holy handgrenade of antioch" and is sufficient
the SHA256 value of "holy hand grenade of antioch" and is sufficient
for meeting the FIPS requirements.

To change the key to a different value, use this flag. The value should
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