Tumbleweed Secure Mail™ Security Kernel
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 258 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-1 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | Tumbleweed Communications Corp. · website |
| Software versions | 5.0 |
Module description
The Tumbleweed Secure MailTM Application is a software products designed to allow organizations to apply content filtering and secure messaging policies on email. The Secure MailTM Application uses a shared set of cryptographic functionality called the Secure MailTM Security Kernel. The Secure MailTM Security Kernel exposes cryptographic application programming interface (API) calls to the other portions of Secure MailTM.
Security level exceptions
- Operating System Security: Tested as meeting Level 1 with Windows NT 4.0, SP 6 (single user mode)
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
DES (Cert. #131); MD2; MD5; RC2; RC5; RSA (key exchange)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-08 | Initial | SAIC-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: 2002-10-08