BlackBerry® Cryptographic Kernel

Certificate #791

Webpage information

Status historical
Historical reason RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Validation dates 21.06.2007 , 21.06.2007
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Firmware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat None
Exceptions
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Tested: BlackBerry 8700c with BlackBerry OS Version 4.2
Description BlackBerry® is the leading wireless enterprise solution that allows users to stay connected with secure, wireless access to email, corporate data, phone, web and organizer features. BlackBerry® is a totally integrated package that includes hardware, software and service, providing a complete end-to-end solution. The BlackBerry® Cryptographic Kernel is the software module that provides the basic cryptographic functionality for the BlackBerry® .
Version (Firmware) 3.8.4.27 and 3.8.4.28
Vendor Research in Motion Ltd.
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Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES-256, AES, DES, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512
Schemes
Key Agreement
Randomness
RNG
Elliptic Curves
P-521, K-571
Block cipher modes
CBC, CTR

Security level
Level 1
Side-channel analysis
side-channel, SPA, DPA

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS 197, FIPS 46-3, FIPS 180-2, FIPS 198, FIPS 186-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, PKCS#1, PKCS #1

File metadata

Title Microsoft Word - BlackBerry_Cryptographic_Kernel_v3.8.4.27_and_.28_FIPS_140…
Author cbrych
Creation date D:20070615113944-04'00'
Modification date D:20070615113944-04'00'
Pages 17
Creator PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2
Producer Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)

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Raw data 

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