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Network Security Services (NSS) Cryptographic Module (Extend ECC)

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1279 · Sun Microsystems, Inc., Red Hat®, Inc. and Mozilla Foundation, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
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Certificate

Certificate number1279
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorSun Microsystems, Inc., Red Hat®, Inc. and Mozilla Foundation, Inc. · website
Software versions3.12.4

Module description

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major crypto algorithms and Internet security standards, and supports smartcards and hardware crypto devices. NSS is available free of charge under the Mozilla Public License, the GNU General Public License, and the GNU Lesser General Public License. For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1127
DRBG17
DSA367
ECDSA132
HMAC637
RSA534
SHS1049
Triple-DES822

Other algorithms

Camellia; DES; Diffie-Hellman; EC Diffie-Hellman; MD2; MD5; RC2; RC4; SEED

Tested configurations

  • Sun Solaris 10 5/08 running on a Sun SunBlade 2000 workstation
  • Sun Solaris 10 5/08 running on a Sun W2100z workstation

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2010-03-29InitialSAIC-VA

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2010-03-29

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