Pitney Bowes iButton Postal Security Device (PSD)

Certificate details

Certificate ID #600
Status historical
Historical reason RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Validation dates 08.12.2005
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 3
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Physical Security: Level 3 +EFT
Description The Pitney Bowes iButton Postal Security Device (PSD) has been designed in compliance with the United States Postal Service (USPS), Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP), and Deutsche Post's FrankIT New Generation Digital Franking program. It employs strong encryption, decryption, and digital signature techniques for the protection of customer funds in Pitney Bowes global digital metering products. The PSD has been designed to support international postal markets and their rapidly evolving requirements for digital indicia.
Version (Hardware) DS1955B PB4 4.00
Vendor Pitney Bowes, Inc. http://www.pb.com
Lab SAIC-VA
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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
DES, TDES, 3DES, Triple-DES, CBC-MAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1
Schemes
MAC
Randomness
PRNG, RNG
Block cipher modes
CBC

Security level
Level 3, level 3, level 4
Side-channel analysis
side channel, DPA, physical tampering

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Raw data

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