SUSE Linux Enterprise NSS Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5435
Status active
Validation dates 26.07.2026
Sunset date 16-07-2029
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment MultiChipStand
Caveat When operated in approved mode. 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
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
Description SUSE Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509v3 certificates, and other security standards.
Vendor SUSE LLC http://www.suse.com
Lab atsec information security corporation
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Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES256, AES-, CAST, CAST5, RC2, RC4, RC5, DES, Triple-DES, ChaCha20, Poly1305, IDEA, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, CBC-MAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DH, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA3-256, MD5, PBKDF, PBKDF1
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange, Key Agreement, Key agreement
Protocols
TLS, TLS v1.2, TLSv1.0, TLS 1.3, TLS v1.0, TLS v1.3, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3, IKEv2, IKEv1, IKE
Randomness
DRBG, RNG, RBG
Libraries
NSS
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521, P-192, P-224, P-512, Curve25519
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC

Security level
Level 1, level 1
Side-channel analysis
Timing Attacks, timing attacks

Creation date D:20260720145637-04'00'
Modification date D:20260720145637-04'00'
Pages 100
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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