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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 GnuTLS Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3956 · Red Hat®, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. SP 800-56Arev3 transition - replaced by certificate #4272. 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 number3956
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorRed Hat®, Inc. · website
Software versionsrhel8.20191106

Module description

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the TLS and DTLS protocols. It provides a simple C language application programming interface to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS#12, and other required structures which is shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AESA571, A574, A575, A576, A578, A579, A652
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLA574
DRBGA574
DSAA574
ECDSAA574
HMACA574, A578
KTS
KTS
KTS
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSAA574
SHA-3A572, A577
SHSA574, A578
Triple-DESA574

Allowed algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (Cert. #A574, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (Cert. #A574, 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 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R430 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-06-17Initialatsec 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: 2021-06-17

Source documents