microsoft / microsoft/go

Add crypto/x509 to FIPS User Guide

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Since Aug 11, 2022.

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Description

crypto/x509 was not initially added to the FIPS User Guide on purpose, as it has not been modified as part of the FIPS 140-2 support. On the other hand, it does use many crypto primitives that are affected by the FIPS support.

As this is such a foundational package, I makes sense to document it in the FIPS User Guide, at least the things related to the encryption and signing APIs.

Context: https://github.com/microsoft/go/pull/692#issuecomment-1212165167

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