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+
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+# clone from openssl
+git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
+cd openssl
+
+# get 3.0.8, the latest fips compliant version
+git checkout 31157bc
+
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+# Configure for Ken's laptop architecture, plus enable FIPS (!!) plus specify output folder
+../Configure darwin64-x86_64 enable-fips --debug --prefix=/Users/kkehl/Projects/fips/openssl/install
+make
+make install
+
+# Check the version.  There should be comments about FIPS enabled as well
+/Users/kkehl/Projects/fips/openssl/install/bin/openssl version