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Network Security Services (NSS) Cryptographic Module (Freebl)

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1293 · Red Hat®, 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 number1293
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorRed Hat®, 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
DSA366
SHS1048

Other algorithms

MD2; MD5

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2010-04-14InitialSAIC-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: 2010-04-14

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