I'm unfortunately quite familiar with that. Beyond getting slower updates, etc, FIPS mode has the unintentional side effect of being the "look at me I have int

I'm unfortunately quite familiar with that. Beyond getting slower updates, etc, FIPS mode has the unintentional side effect of being the "look at me I have interesting stuff" flag for potential attackers. It is usually quite easy to determine remotely that a networked device is in FIPS mode, too (due to allowed crypto protocols, etc).