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LYNKS Privacy Card

Certificate #561

Webpage information ?

Status	historical
Historical reason	Skipjack is no longer approved
Validation dates	29.07.2005
Standard	FIPS 140-1
Security level	2
Type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	When operated in FIPS mode
Description	The SPYRUS family of LYNKS Privacy Card tokens provides high performance, high assurance cryptographic processing in a personal, portable PC card form factor. The LYNKS Privacy Card product enables security- critical capabilities such as user authentication, message privacy and integrity, authentication, and secure storage in rugged, tamper-evident hardware.
Version (Hardware)	2.0
Version (Firmware)	1.c
Vendor	SPYRUS, Inc.
References	This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Certificate

Webpage

Security policy ?

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms

DES, DEA, Skipjack

Asymmetric Algorithms

Diffie-Hellman, DH, DSA

Hash functions

SHA-1, MD5

Schemes

Key Exchange, Key exchange

Randomness

RNG

Block cipher modes

ECB, CBC, CFB

Side-channel analysis

physical tampering

Standards

FIPS PUB 186, FIPS PUB 180-1, FIPS PUB 46-3, FIPS 140-1, X.509

File metadata

Title	Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc
Author	Administrator
Creation date	D:20050106144233Z
Modification date	D:20050106153242-05'00'
Pages	21
Creator	Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc - Microsoft Word
Producer	Acrobat PDFWriter 4.05 for Windows NT

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

09.02.2023 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The cert_id was updated.
- The new value is 561.
The web extraction data was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2005-07-29', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'DOMUS'}], 'vendor_url': 'http://www.spyrus.com', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt561.pdf', 'hw_versions': '2.0', 'fw_versions': '1.c'}.
- The standard property was set to FIPS 140-1.
- The status property was set to historical.
- The level property was set to 2.
- The embodiment property was set to Multi-Chip Stand Alone.
- The following properties were deleted: ['date_validation', 'algorithms', 'vendor_www', 'lab', 'lab_nvlap', 'security_policy_www', 'certificate_www', 'hw_version', 'fw_version', 'product_url'].
The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'policy_metadata': {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 690259, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 21, '/Creator': 'Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc - Microsoft Word', '/CreationDate': 'D:20050106144233Z', '/Title': 'Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc', '/Author': 'Administrator', '/Producer': 'Acrobat PDFWriter 4.05 for Windows NT', '/ModDate': "D:20050106153242-05'00'", 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}}}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['cert_id', 'algorithms', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_metadata'].
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'policy_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'module_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'policy_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'module_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'direct_transitive_cves': None, 'indirect_transitive_cves': None}.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['DSA/SHA-1#1', 'Skipjack#1']}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['keywords', 'unmatched_algs', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_references', 'web_references'].
The state was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'module_download_ok': True, 'policy_download_ok': True, 'policy_convert_garbage': False, 'policy_convert_ok': True, 'module_extract_ok': True, 'policy_extract_ok': True, 'policy_pdf_hash': '4fc0e688f428a589c25891651afc63bb7d413571687bd348be176f0325d44f2c', 'policy_txt_hash': '51f07ca34262e0e9d2ecb26fa41469b8d145da4b630a7db44e85089aa0959dc4'}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
07.12.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The computed heuristics were updated.
- The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['928', '849']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1894', '2156', '3690', '1238', '3197', '1855', '1893', '1440', '928', '3196', '3428', '2150', '1891', '1110', '1078', '849', '1892', '1303']}} data.
05.11.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web extraction data was updated.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated, with the {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA/SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'Skipjack', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]} values discarded.
25.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'symmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': 25}}}, '__delete__': ['3DES']}, 'miscellaneous': {'__update__': {'Skipjack': {'__update__': {'Skipjack': 13}}}}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'FF': {'__update__': {'DH': {'__update__': {'DH': 9}}, 'DSA': {'__update__': {'DSA': 8}}}}}}, 'tee_name': {}} data.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '42', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#50', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '2', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '9', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': ' 1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': ' 0', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '5', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]}.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The algorithms property was updated, with the {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '42', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#50', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '2', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '9', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': ' 1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': ' 0', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '5', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '1', 'algorithm_type': None, 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]} values added.
The state was updated.
- The tables_done property was set to True.
17.07.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The _type was updated.
- The new value is sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'clean_cert_ids': {}}.
- The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics.
- The keywords property was set to {}.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA/SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'Skipjack', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]}.
- The st_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.
- The web_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.
The state was updated.
- The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState.
- The following properties were deleted: ['fragment_path'].
14.06.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The pdf_scan was updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 180-1', 'FIPS PUB 46-3']}, '[Xx]\\.509': {'__update__': {'X.509': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 180-1', 'FIPS PUB 46-3']}, '[Xx]\\.509': {'__update__': {'X.509': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
08.03.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].
The pdf_scan was updated.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'st_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'web_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['connections', 'directly_affected_by', 'indirectly_affected_by', 'directly_affecting', 'indirectly_affecting'].
18.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The computed heuristics were updated.
- The extracted_versions property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['2.0']}.
02.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.
- The module_type property was set to Hardware.
30.01.2022 The certificate was first processed.

New certificate

A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

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  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 561,
  "dgst": "04edd1d773688319",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "DSA/SHA-1#1",
        "Skipjack#1"
      ]
    },
    "cpe_matches": null,
    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "2.0"
      ]
    },
    "indirect_transitive_cves": null,
    "module_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "module_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "policy_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "policy_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
      "asymmetric_crypto": {
        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "DH": 9,
            "Diffie-Hellman": 4
          },
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 8
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {
        "CBC": {
          "CBC": 2
        },
        "CFB": {
          "CFB": 2
        },
        "ECB": {
          "ECB": 2
        }
      },
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {},
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "KEX": {
          "Key Exchange": 1,
          "Key exchange": 1
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {},
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {
        "Cert": {
          "#1": 5,
          "#50": 2
        }
      },
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
          "DES (#50": 2,
          "DSA (#1": 1,
          "SHA-1": 4,
          "SHA-1 (#1": 2
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {},
      "hash_function": {
        "MD": {
          "MD5": {
            "MD5": 3
          }
        },
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 6
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {
        "RNG": {
          "RNG": 4
        }
      },
      "side_channel_analysis": {
        "FI": {
          "physical tampering": 1
        }
      },
      "standard_id": {
        "FIPS": {
          "FIPS 140-1": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 180-1": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 186": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 46-3": 1
        },
        "X509": {
          "X.509": 2
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "DES": {
          "DES": {
            "DEA": 1,
            "DES": 25
          }
        },
        "miscellaneous": {
          "Skipjack": {
            "Skipjack": 13
          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {},
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {},
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/Author": "Administrator",
      "/CreationDate": "D:20050106144233Z",
      "/Creator": "Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc - Microsoft Word",
      "/ModDate": "D:20050106153242-05\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "Acrobat PDFWriter 4.05 for Windows NT",
      "/Title": "Lynks 1.c Security Policy revalidation D1.doc",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 690259,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": []
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 21
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState",
    "module_download_ok": true,
    "module_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_convert_garbage": false,
    "policy_convert_ok": true,
    "policy_download_ok": true,
    "policy_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_pdf_hash": "4fc0e688f428a589c25891651afc63bb7d413571687bd348be176f0325d44f2c",
    "policy_txt_hash": "51f07ca34262e0e9d2ecb26fa41469b8d145da4b630a7db44e85089aa0959dc4"
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "When operated in FIPS mode",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt561.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "The SPYRUS family of LYNKS Privacy Card tokens provides high performance, high assurance cryptographic processing in a personal, portable PC card form factor. The LYNKS Privacy Card product enables security- critical capabilities such as user authentication, message privacy and integrity, authentication, and secure storage in rugged, tamper-evident hardware.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": null,
    "fw_versions": "1.c",
    "historical_reason": "Skipjack is no longer approved",
    "hw_versions": "2.0",
    "level": 2,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "LYNKS Privacy Card",
    "module_type": "Hardware",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-1",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": null,
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2005-07-29",
        "lab": "DOMUS",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "SPYRUS, Inc.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.spyrus.com"
  }
}

LYNKS Privacy Card

Certificate #561

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