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Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI)

FIPS 140-2 certificate #767 · Novell, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number767
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorNovell, Inc. · website
Software versions2.7.1

Module description

Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI) is a cryptographic module written in C that employs the BSAFE library to provides keys, algorithms, key storage and usage mechanisms, and a key management system.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES432
DSA179
HMAC204
RNG225
RSA163
SHS502
Triple-DES461

Other algorithms

ECDSA (non-compliant); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80-bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 192 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); DES; MD2; MD4; MD5; HMAC-MD5; RC2; RC4; RC5; CAST128; PKCS#12 PBE; UNIX Crypt; LMdigest (CIFS); TLS-KeyExchange-RSASign; NetWarePassword; X9.62 RNG (non-compliant)

Tested configurations

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with SP3 and Q326886 (on Dell Optiplex GX400)
  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (on IBM eServer e325)
  • Trusted Solaris 8 (on Sunblade 100)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2007-05-04InitialSAIC-VA

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: 2007-05-04

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