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FrankIT Postal Revenector

FIPS 140-2 certificate #466 · Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: None

Certificate

Certificate number466
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendorFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH · website
Hardware versions58.0036.0001.00/05
Firmware versions90.0036.0007.00/00

Module description

The Francotyp-Postalia FrankIT Postal Revenector employs strong encryption, decryption, and digital signature techniques for the protection of customer revenues in Francotyp-Postalia's mail handlers. The FrankIT Postal Revenector has been designed in compliance with the Deutsche Post AG (DPAG), FrankIT Specification.

Security level exceptions

  • Physical Security: Level 3 +EFP

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
HMAC-SHA-1vendor affirmed
RSAvendor affirmed
SHA-143
Triple-DES39

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #108); DES MAC (Cert. #108, vendor affirmed); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2004-10-18InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.

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: 2004-10-18

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