Pitney Bowes iButton Postal Security Device (PSD)

Certificate details

Certificate ID #2203
Status historical
Historical reason RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Validation dates 09.07.2014
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 +EFP
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
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), Royal Mail Mailmark and other international postal authorities' specification. 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) MAXQ1959B-F50#
Version (Firmware) 09.02.00; Indicia Type: 0, 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8
Vendor Pitney Bowes, Inc. http://www.pb.com
Lab Penumbra Security, Inc.
Algorithms
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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
DES, Triple-DES, TDES, HMAC, CBC-MAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256
Schemes
MAC
Randomness
RNG
Block cipher modes
CBC

Security level
Level 3, Level 4, level 3, level 4
Side-channel analysis
side channel

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS 186-2

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