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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3867 · 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 number3867
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel7.20190409

Module description

The OpenSSL FIPS Runtime Module is a general purpose cryptographic library designed to provide FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic functionality for use with the high level API of the OpenSSL library.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C1378, #C1379, #C1385 and #C1386 with CVL Certs. #C1378, #C1379, #C1381, #C1382, #C1385 and #C1386, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 219 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (CVL Certs. #C1378, #C1379, #C1385 and #C1386 with CVL Certs. #C1378, #C1379, #C1381, #C1382, #C1385 and #C1386, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 128 and 256 bits of encryption strength); MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-03-29Initialatsec 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: 2021-03-29

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