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Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI)

Certificate #252

Webpage information

Status	historical
Historical reason	Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate
Validation dates	20.09.2002 , 22.01.2003 , 31.01.2006
Standard	FIPS 140-1
Security level	2
Type	Software
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	When operated in FIPS mode
Exceptions	Operating System Security: Tested as meeting Level 2 with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with SP6a, TCSEC C2-rated on a Compaq Proliant 7000 Server
Description	Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure for Windows
Vendor	Novell, Inc.
References	This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Certificate

Webpage

Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms

CAST128, RC2, RC4, RC5, DES, TripleDES, TDES, HMAC

Asymmetric Algorithms

Diffie-Hellman, DSA

Hash functions

SHA-1, MD4, MD5

Schemes

MAC, Key Exchange

Protocols

IKE

Vendor

Microsoft

Security level

Level 2, level 2

Standards

FIPS 140-1, FIPS140-1, FIPS 186-2, FIPS 171, FIPS 46-3, FIPS 180-1, PKCS#3, PKCS#1, PKCS#12, PKCS#5, PKCS#8, RFC 2437, RFC 1319, RFC 1320, RFC 1321, RFC 2104, RFC 2268, RFC 2040, RFC 2144, RFC 2246, RFC 2459, X.509

File metadata

Creation date	D:20020920154250-04'00'
Modification date	D:20020920154250-04'00'
Pages	21
Producer	GNU Ghostscript 6.52

Heuristics

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates Feed

15.12.2025

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The state was updated.

The following values were inserted: {'policy_json_hash': None}.

The following properties were deleted: ['policy_convert_garbage'].
09.02.2023

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The cert_id was updated.

The new value is 252.

The web extraction data was updated.

The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2002-09-20', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'CYGNACOM SOLUTIONS INC'}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2003-01-22', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': ''}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2006-01-31', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': ''}], 'vendor_url': 'http://www.novell.com/security', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt252.pdf', 'hw_versions': None, 'fw_versions': None}.

The standard property was set to FIPS 140-1.

The status property was set to historical.

The level property was set to 2.

The embodiment property was set to Multi-Chip Stand Alone.

The following properties were deleted: ['date_validation', 'algorithms', 'vendor_www', 'lab', 'lab_nvlap', 'security_policy_www', 'certificate_www', 'hw_version', 'fw_version', 'product_url'].

The PDF extraction data was updated.

The following values were inserted: {'policy_metadata': {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 137369, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 21, '/Producer': 'GNU Ghostscript 6.52', '/ModDate': "D:20020920154250-04'00'", '/CreationDate': "D:20020920154250-04'00'", 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}}}.

The following properties were deleted: ['cert_id', 'algorithms', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_metadata'].

The computed heuristics were updated.

The following values were inserted: {'policy_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'module_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'policy_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'module_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'direct_transitive_cves': None, 'indirect_transitive_cves': None}.

The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['Triple-DES#35', 'DSA/SHA-1#18', 'SHA-1#40']}.

The following properties were deleted: ['keywords', 'unmatched_algs', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_references', 'web_references'].

The state was updated.

The following values were inserted: {'module_download_ok': True, 'policy_download_ok': True, 'policy_convert_garbage': False, 'policy_convert_ok': True, 'module_extract_ok': True, 'policy_extract_ok': True, 'policy_pdf_hash': 'b8a51c4cc2da34fb9c18eaf56e9ebe7e0b32b3d3b819cc5dda5e76f9fdf3f0a1', 'policy_txt_hash': 'b3bc57f07bec108ebaa28b483dc6c1a0b161654812e87090f4ed7498e5c3a8a3'}.

The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
13.12.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The PDF extraction data was updated.

The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_security_level': {'Level': {'Level 2': 6, 'level 2': 1}}, 'fips_certlike': {'Certlike': {'SHA-1': 2, 'PKCS#3': 2, 'PKCS#1': 2, 'PKCS#12': 22, 'PKCS#10': 2, 'PKCS#5': 8, 'PKCS#8': 6}}, 'vendor': {'Microsoft': {'Microsoft': 2}}, 'symmetric_crypto': {'AES_competition': {'CAST': {'CAST128': 1}, 'RC': {'RC2': 1, 'RC4': 1, 'RC5': 1}}, 'DES': {'DES': {'DES': 11}, '3DES': {'TripleDES': 7, 'TDES': 1}}, 'constructions': {'MAC': {'HMAC': 1}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'FF': {'DH': {'Diffie-Hellman': 1}, 'DSA': {'DSA': 6}}}, 'hash_function': {'SHA': {'SHA1': {'SHA-1': 2}}, 'MD': {'MD4': {'MD4': 1}, 'MD5': {'MD5': 1}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'MAC': {'MAC': 1}, 'KEX': {'Key Exchange': 2}}, 'crypto_protocol': {'IKE': {'IKE': 4}}, 'standard_id': {'FIPS': {'FIPS 140-1': 17, 'FIPS140-1': 1, 'FIPS 186-2': 3, 'FIPS 171': 1, 'FIPS 46-3': 1, 'FIPS 180-1': 1}, 'PKCS': {'PKCS#3': 1, 'PKCS#1': 1, 'PKCS#12': 11, 'PKCS#5': 4, 'PKCS#8': 3}, 'RFC': {'RFC 2437': 1, 'RFC 1319': 1, 'RFC 1320': 1, 'RFC 1321': 1, 'RFC 2104': 1, 'RFC 2268': 1, 'RFC 2040': 1, 'RFC 2144': 1, 'RFC 2246': 1, 'RFC 2459': 1}, 'X509': {'X.509': 1}}} data.

The st_metadata property was set to {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 137369, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 21, '/Producer': 'GNU Ghostscript 6.52', '/ModDate': "D:20020920154250-04'00'", '/CreationDate': "D:20020920154250-04'00'", 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}}.
12.12.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The PDF extraction data was updated.

The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_security_level': {}, 'fips_certlike': {}, 'vendor': {}, 'symmetric_crypto': {}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {}, 'hash_function': {}, 'crypto_scheme': {}, 'crypto_protocol': {}, 'standard_id': {}} data.

The st_metadata property was set to None.
05.11.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web extraction data was updated.

The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.

The computed heuristics were updated.

The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
25.10.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The PDF extraction data was updated.

The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_cert_id': {}, 'vendor': {'__update__': {'Microsoft': {'__update__': {'Microsoft': 2}}}}, 'symmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': 11}}}}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'MAC': 1}}}}, 'crypto_protocol': {'__delete__': ['TLS']}, 'cipher_mode': {}, 'tee_name': {}, 'standard_id': {'__update__': {'PKCS': {'__update__': {'PKCS#1': 1}}, 'RFC': {'RFC 2437': 1, 'RFC 1319': 1, 'RFC 1320': 1, 'RFC 1321': 1, 'RFC 2104': 1, 'RFC 2268': 1, 'RFC 2040': 1, 'RFC 2144': 1, 'RFC 2246': 1, 'RFC 2459': 1}}}} data.

The state was updated.

The tables_done property was set to True.
17.07.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The _type was updated.

The new value is sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.

The computed heuristics were updated.

The following values were inserted: {'clean_cert_ids': {}}.

The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics.

The keywords property was set to {}.

The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#18', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA/SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#35', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#40', 'algorithm_type': 'SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]}.

The st_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.

The web_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.

The state was updated.

The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState.

The following properties were deleted: ['fragment_path'].
14.06.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The pdf_scan was updated.

The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-1': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS140-1', 'FIPS 186-2', 'FIPS 46-3', 'FIPS 180-1']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS#12': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['PKCS#3', 'PKCS#1', 'PKCS#5', 'PKCS#8']}, 'RFC[ ]*[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['RFC 2437', 'RFC 1319', 'RFC 1320', 'RFC 1321', 'RFC 2104', 'RFC 2268', 'RFC 2040', 'RFC 2144', 'RFC 2246']}, 'RFC [0-9]+': {'__delete__': ['RFC 2437', 'RFC 1319', 'RFC 1320', 'RFC 1321', 'RFC 2104', 'RFC 2268', 'RFC 2040', 'RFC 2144', 'RFC 2246']}}}, 'rules_other': {'__update__': {'library': {'__update__': {'library': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.

The computed heuristics were updated.

The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-1': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS140-1', 'FIPS 186-2', 'FIPS 46-3', 'FIPS 180-1']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS#12': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['PKCS#3', 'PKCS#1', 'PKCS#5', 'PKCS#8']}, 'RFC[ ]*[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['RFC 2437', 'RFC 1319', 'RFC 1320', 'RFC 1321', 'RFC 2104', 'RFC 2268', 'RFC 2040', 'RFC 2144', 'RFC 2246']}, 'RFC [0-9]+': {'__delete__': ['RFC 2437', 'RFC 1319', 'RFC 1320', 'RFC 1321', 'RFC 2104', 'RFC 2268', 'RFC 2040', 'RFC 2144', 'RFC 2246']}}}, 'rules_other': {'__update__': {'library': {'__update__': {'library': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
08.03.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.

The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].

The pdf_scan was updated.

The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].

The computed heuristics were updated.

The following values were inserted: {'st_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'web_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}}.

The following properties were deleted: ['connections', 'directly_affected_by', 'indirectly_affected_by', 'directly_affecting', 'indirectly_affecting'].
18.02.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The computed heuristics were updated.

The extracted_versions property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['-']}.
02.02.2022

The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web_scan was updated.

The module_type property was set to Software.
30.01.2022

The certificate was first processed.

Raw data

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  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 252,
  "dgst": "d6e5a20b30f87216",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "Triple-DES#35",
        "DSA/SHA-1#18",
        "SHA-1#40"
      ]
    },
    "cpe_matches": null,
    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "-"
      ]
    },
    "indirect_transitive_cves": null,
    "module_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "module_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "policy_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "policy_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
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    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
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        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "Diffie-Hellman": 1
          },
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 6
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {},
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {
        "IKE": {
          "IKE": 4
        }
      },
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "KEX": {
          "Key Exchange": 2
        },
        "MAC": {
          "MAC": 1
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {},
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {},
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
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          "PKCS#10": 2,
          "PKCS#12": 22,
          "PKCS#3": 2,
          "PKCS#5": 8,
          "PKCS#8": 6,
          "SHA-1": 2
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "Level 2": 6,
          "level 2": 1
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "MD": {
          "MD4": {
            "MD4": 1
          },
          "MD5": {
            "MD5": 1
          }
        },
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 2
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {},
      "side_channel_analysis": {},
      "standard_id": {
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          "FIPS 46-3": 1,
          "FIPS140-1": 1
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS#1": 1,
          "PKCS#12": 11,
          "PKCS#3": 1,
          "PKCS#5": 4,
          "PKCS#8": 3
        },
        "RFC": {
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          "RFC 1320": 1,
          "RFC 1321": 1,
          "RFC 2040": 1,
          "RFC 2104": 1,
          "RFC 2144": 1,
          "RFC 2246": 1,
          "RFC 2268": 1,
          "RFC 2437": 1,
          "RFC 2459": 1
        },
        "X509": {
          "X.509": 1
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "AES_competition": {
          "CAST": {
            "CAST128": 1
          },
          "RC": {
            "RC2": 1,
            "RC4": 1,
            "RC5": 1
          }
        },
        "DES": {
          "3DES": {
            "TDES": 1,
            "TripleDES": 7
          },
          "DES": {
            "DES": 11
          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
            "HMAC": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {},
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {
        "Microsoft": {
          "Microsoft": 2
        }
      },
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/CreationDate": "D:20020920154250-04\u002700\u0027",
      "/ModDate": "D:20020920154250-04\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "GNU Ghostscript 6.52",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 137369,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": []
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 21
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.InternalState",
    "module": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.document_state.DocumentState",
      "convert_ok": true,
      "download_ok": true,
      "extract_ok": true,
      "json_hash": null,
      "source_hash": null,
      "txt_hash": null
    },
    "policy": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.document_state.DocumentState",
      "convert_ok": true,
      "download_ok": true,
      "extract_ok": true,
      "json_hash": null,
      "source_hash": "b8a51c4cc2da34fb9c18eaf56e9ebe7e0b32b3d3b819cc5dda5e76f9fdf3f0a1",
      "txt_hash": "b3bc57f07bec108ebaa28b483dc6c1a0b161654812e87090f4ed7498e5c3a8a3"
    }
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "When operated in FIPS mode",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt252.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure for Windows",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": [
      "Operating System Security: Tested as meeting Level 2 with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with SP6a, TCSEC C2-rated on a Compaq Proliant 7000 Server"
    ],
    "fw_versions": null,
    "historical_reason": "Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate",
    "hw_versions": null,
    "level": 2,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI)",
    "module_type": "Software",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-1",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": "2.2.1",
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2002-09-20",
        "lab": "CYGNACOM SOLUTIONS INC",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      },
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2003-01-22",
        "lab": "",
        "validation_type": "Update"
      },
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2006-01-31",
        "lab": "",
        "validation_type": "Update"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Novell, Inc.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.novell.com/security"
  }
}

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