Add function to check if running in FIPS mode

Signed-off-by: Umayr Shahid <[email protected]>
notaryproject · Jul 25, 2017 · 09f0e03 · 09f0e03
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+package notary
+
+import "os"
+
+// FIPSEnvVar is the name of the environment variable that is being used to switch
+// between FIPS and non-FIPS mode
+const FIPSEnvVar = "GOFIPS"
+
+// FIPSEnabled returns true if environment variable `GOFIPS` has been set to enable
+// FIPS mode
+func FIPSEnabled() bool {
+	return os.Getenv(FIPSEnvVar) != ""
+}