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Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3070 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3070
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versions5.0

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 Internet security standards. NSS is available free of charge under a variety of open source compatible licenses. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 2

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES4739, 4740, 4741, 4742
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL1378, 1379
DRBG1625, 1626
DSA1271, 1272
ECDSA1181, 1182
HMAC3156, 3157
RSA2588, 2589
SHS3884, 3885
Triple-DES2520, 2521

Allowed algorithms

AES (Certs. #4739, #4740, #4741 and #4742, key unwrapping); Diffie-Hellman (Certs. #1378 and #1379, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (Certs. #1378 and #1379, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (Certs. #2588 and #2589, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength); Triple-DES (Certs. #2520 and #2521, key unwrapping)

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2017-12-01Initialatsec information security corporation
2018-02-08Updateatsec information security corporation

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: 2017-12-01, 2018-02-08

Source documents