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Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3270 · 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 number3270
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versions6.0

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
AES5600, 5601, 5602, 5603
CKGvendor affirmed
CVL2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
DRBG2245, 2246
DSA1441, 1442
ECDSA1514, 1515
HMAC3734, 3735
RSA3012, 3013
SHS4498, 4499
Triple-DES2816, 2817

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1812 and #1843 with CVL Certs. #1811 and #1844, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #1812 and #1843 with CVL Certs. #1811 and #1844, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG; RSA (Certs. #2862 and #2875, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2018-08-29Initialatsec information security corporation
2019-06-17Updateatsec 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: 2018-08-29, 2019-06-17

Source documents