Cygnus X-1 Postal Security Device

Certificate details

Certificate ID #482
Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 10.12.2004 , 03.02.2005 , 14.03.2005
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 3
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat None
Description The Pitney Bowes Cygnus X-1 Postal Security Device (PSD) has been designed in compliance with the United States Postal Service (USPS), Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP) and with the Canada Post Corporation's Digital Meter Indicia Specification 3457. It employs strong encryption, decryption, and digital signature techniques for the protection of customer funds in Pitney Bowes IBIP Metering products.
Version (Hardware) P/N 1L00, Versions AAA, AAC and AAD (US); P/N 1LEC, Versions AAA, AAC and AAD (Canada)
Vendor Pitney Bowes, Inc. http://www.pb.com
Lab UL Verification Services, Inc.
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Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
DEA, DES, Triple-DES, TDES, 3DES, TDEA, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange
Randomness
PRNG, RNG
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC

Security level
Level 3

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Raw data

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