Splashtop FIPS Compliance - How do I enable it?

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Splashtop is not FIPS certified but Splashtop servers support FIPS-validated cryptographic modules.
Splashtop uses the FIPS-validated/certified OpenSSL module. Below you can find out how to enable it on our endpoints.

Requirements:

  • Splashtop Streamer / SOS app 3.3.2.0 or later
  • Splashtop Business app 3.3.2.0 or later

Windows

Business app (local computer):

  1. Open the registry editor and go to the following path:
    Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Splashtop Inc.\Splashtop Remote Client for STB\EnableFIPS
  2. Right-click into an empty area and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value:
    FIPS_WIN_SRC1.png
  3. Name the new key EnableFIPS and set the value to 1:
    FIPS_WIN_SRC2.png

Streamer (remote computer):

  1. Open the registry editor and go to the following path:
    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Splashtop Inc.\Splashtop Remote Server\EnableFIPS

  2. Right-click into an empty area and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value:
    FIPS_WIN_SRS1.png

  3. Name the new key EnableFIPS and set the value to 1:
    FIPS_WIN_SRC2.png

SOS app (remote computer, attended access):

Download the Windows FIPS SOS app. It already has FIPS enabled automatically.

 

macOS

For macOS, you can use a tool to edit plist files such as the free version of "PlistEditPro" to make it easier.

Business app (local computer):

  1. Navigate to the plist file ~/Library/Preferences/com.splashtop.stb.macosx.plist

  2. Select the Root key and click on New child:
    FIPS_SRC.png

  3. Then you name the new key EnableFIPS and make the class Boolean and select YES as the value:
    FIPS_SRC2.png

Streamer (remote computer):

  1. Navigate to the plist file /Users/Shared/SplashtopStreamer/Splashtop-Streamer.plist

  2. Select the STP key and click on New child:
    FIPS_SRS.png

  3. Then you name the new key EnableFIPS and make the class Boolean and select YES as the value:
    FIPS_SRS2.png

SOS app (remote computer, attended access):

Download the Mac FIPS SOS app. It already has FIPS enabled automatically.

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