not in the FIPS provider, such as asymmetric key encoders, see <a href="../man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-default.html">&quot;Asymmetric Key Management&quot; in OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)</a>.</p>

<p>It is not mandatory to include <code>provider=fips</code> as part of your property query. Including <code>provider=fips</code> in your property query guarantees that the OpenSSL FIPS provider is used for cryptographic operations rather than other FIPS capable providers.</p>

<h2 id="Provider-parameters">Provider parameters<