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Ubuntu 18.04 Strongswan Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3648 · Canonical Ltd. · data as of 2026-09-03

Ubuntu 18.04 Strongswan Cryptographic Module, from Canonical Ltd., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3648 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

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 and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 9.1 of the Security Policy with module Ubuntu OpenSSL Cryptographic Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3622 operating in FIPS mode and with module Ubuntu Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module validated to FIPS140-2 under Cert. #3647 operating in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number3648
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCanonical Ltd. · website
Software versions2.0 [1] and 2.1 [2]

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Ubuntu 18.04 Strongswan Cryptographic Module provides cryptographic services for the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol in the Ubuntu Operating System user space.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESC670, C671, C672, C673, C674, C675, C676, C677, C678, C679, C680, C687, C688, C689, C690, C691, C692
CVLC682, C683, C684, C685, C687, C688, C752, C753
DRBGC670, C673, C677, C687, C688
ECDSAC682, C683, C684, C685, C687, C688
HMACC682, C683, C684, C685, C687, C688, C755, C766, C767, C768, C771, C772
RSAC682, C683, C684, C685, C687, C688
SHSC682, C683, C684, C685, C687, C688, C755, C766, C767, C768, C771, C772
Triple-DESC669, C686

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C682, #C683, #C684, #C685, #C687 and #C688 with CVL Certs. #C752 and #C753, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 192 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C682, #C683, #C684, #C685, #C687 and #C688 with CVL Certs. #C752 and #C753, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit on IBM z/VM running on IBM z/14 with z14 with PAI [1]
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit on IBM z/VM running on IBM z/14 with z14 without PAI [1] (single-user mode)
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 with PAA [1][2]
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-5018R-WR with Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620v3 without PAA [1][2]

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2020-04-29Initialatsec information security corporation
2020-11-30Updateatsec information security corporation
2021-09-21Updateatsec information security corporation
2021-10-18Updateatsec 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: 2020-04-29, 2020-11-30, 2021-09-21, 2021-10-18

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