CiscoSSL FIPS Provider

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5430
Status active
Validation dates 21.07.2026
Sunset date 17-11-2029
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Firmware
Embodiment MultiChipStand
Caveat When operated in approved mode. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated SSPs (e.g., keys). No assurance of minimum security of SSPs (e.g., keys, bit strings) that are externally loaded, or of SSPs established with externally loaded SSPs
Exceptions
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
Description The CiscoSSL FIPS Provider is a firmware library that provides cryptographic services to a vast array of Cisco's networking and collaboration products. The module is comprised of a single object module file called fips.so.
Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc https://www.cisco.com/
Lab Acumen Security
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Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES, CAST, TDES, HMAC, KMAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECDSA, EdDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DHE, DH, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA1, SHA512, SHA-2, SHA3-224, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, SHA3-256, SHA-3, SHA3, PBKDF, PBKDF2
Schemes
MAC, Key Agreement
Protocols
SSH, SSHv2, TLS, TLS v1.2, TLS v1.3, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3, IKEv2, IKE
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Libraries
OpenSSL
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521, Ed25519, Ed448
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, OFB, GCM, CCM, XTS

JavaCard API constants
ED25519, ED448, X25519, X448
Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC
Vendor
Cisco Systems, Inc, Cisco Systems, Cisco

Security level
Level 1, level 1
Side-channel analysis
side-channel, timing attacks

Creation date D:20260709134600-04'00'
Modification date D:20260709134600-04'00'
Pages 74
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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