Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module, from Red Hat®, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4458 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 9.1 of the Security Policy. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4458 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Red Hat®, Inc. · website |
| Software versions | rhel8.20211124 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
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 (17)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | A1923, A1924, A1925, A1927, A1928, A3020 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | A1922, A1923, A1926 |
| DRBG | A1923 |
| DSA | A1923 |
| ECDSA | A1923 |
| ENT | |
| HMAC | A1923 |
| KAS | |
| KAS-SSC | A1923 |
| KBKDF | A2055 |
| KTS | |
| KTS-RSA | |
| PBKDF | A1923 |
| RSA | A1923 |
| SHS | A1923 |
| Triple-DES | A1923 |
Allowed algorithms
RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on an IBM System z15 with an IBM z15
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 with PAA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 running on Dell PowerEdge R440 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4216 without PAA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with PowerVM FW1010.22 with VIOS 3.1.3.00 running on an IBM 9080-HEX with an IBM POWER10 (single-user mode)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with PowerVM FW950.00 with VIOS 3.1.2.00 running on an IBM 9009-42A with an IBM POWER9 with PAA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with PowerVM FW950.00 with VIOS 3.1.2.00 running on an IBM 9009-42A with an IBM POWER9 without PAA
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-24 | Initial | atsec information security corporation |
| 2023-10-13 | Update | atsec 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
- 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
- Validation dates on record: 2023-03-24, 2023-10-13