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Ubuntu 20.04 Strongswan Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4046 · Canonical Ltd. · data as of 2026-08-28
Active. Sunset date 2026-09-21, 23 days away. This is the FIPS 140-2 sunset: after it, agencies may keep the module only in existing systems.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 9.1 of the Security Policy with module Ubuntu 20.04 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #3966 operating in FIPS mode and with module Ubuntu 20.04 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module validated to FIPS140-2 under Cert. #3928 operating in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number4046
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statusactive
Sunset date2026-09-21
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorCanonical Ltd. · website
Software versions3.0

Module description

Ubuntu 20.04 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

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AESA522, A523, A524, A526, A527, A528, A533, A534, A535, A536, A537, A538
CVLA660
DRBGA522, A523, A524
ECDSAA529, A530, A531, A532
HMACA529, A530, A531, A532, A616, A617, A618, A644, A645, A646
KAS
KAS-SSCA529, A530, A531, A532, A539
RSAA529, A530, A531, A532
SHSA529, A530, A531, A532, A616, A617, A618, A644, A645, A646
Triple-DESA525

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-1019P-WTR with Intel Xeon Gold 6226 with PAA
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit running on Supermicro SYS-1019P-WTR with Intel Xeon Gold 6226 without PAA (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-10-18Initialatsec 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 active
  • Validation dates on record: 2021-10-18

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