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FIPS.sys is a general-purpose, software-based, cryptographic module residing at the Kernel level of the Windows Operating System. It runs as a kernel mode export driver (a kernel-mode DLL) and encapsulates several different cryptographic algorithms in an easy-to-use cryptographic module accessible by other kernel mode services.