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Compliant Meter Postal Security Device (CoMet PSD)

Certificate #498

Webpage information ?

Status	historical
Historical reason	Skipjack is no longer approved
Validation dates	18.01.2005
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Security level	3
Type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	None
Description	The Pitney Bowes Compliant Meter 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. The PSD is a secure module employed within the metering product which performs high-speed cryptographic functions, funds management, and printer administration functions that preclude unauthorized disbursing of indicia. The PSD has been designed to support international postal markets and their rapidly evolving requirements for digital indicia.
Version (Hardware)	P/Ns 1A00 Version BAA, 1AEC Version AAA, 1APC Version ABC
Vendor	Pitney Bowes, 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

DES, DEA, TDEA, TDES, Triple-DES, 3DES, Skipjack, HMAC

Asymmetric Algorithms

ECDSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSA

Hash functions

SHA-1

Schemes

MAC, Key Exchange

Randomness

RNG

Security level

Level 3

Standards

FIPS PUB 46-3, FIPS PUB 186-2, FIPS PUB 180-1, FIPS PUB 140-2, FIPS 140-2, FIPS 186-2, PKCS#1

File metadata

Title	Microsoft Word - 27c - VA97004T.doc
Author	Kiwi
Creation date	D:20050107233401Z
Modification date	D:20050110183332-08'00'
Pages	46
Creator	PScript5.dll Version 5.2
Producer	Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (Windows)

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

09.02.2023 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The cert_id was updated.
- The new value is 498.
The web extraction data was updated.
- The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2005-01-18', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'UL VERIFICATION SERVICES INC'}], 'vendor_url': 'http://www.pb.com', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt498.pdf', 'hw_versions': 'P/Ns 1A00 Version BAA, 1AEC Version AAA, 1APC Version ABC', 'fw_versions': None}.
- The standard property was set to FIPS 140-2.
- The status property was set to historical.
- The level property was set to 3.
- 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': 397040, 'pdf_is_encrypted': True, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 46, '/Author': 'Kiwi', '/CreationDate': 'D:20050107233401Z', '/Creator': 'PScript5.dll Version 5.2', '/ModDate': "D:20050110183332-08'00'", '/Producer': 'Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (Windows)', '/Title': 'Microsoft Word - 27c - VA97004T.doc', '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': ['SHS#86', 'Skipjack#6', 'RSA#1', 'Triple-DES MAC#98', 'Triple-DES#98', 'DSA#58', 'HMAC-SHA-1#86']}.
- 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': '5e00d3c362546fde45a7713db0b073b2bf9ec16668951f11f97827f5d68438d8', 'policy_txt_hash': '525aa2a03adc59095546b8e7e79f554b091be62446ae922c36bd427bc63879b1'}.
- The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
05.11.2022 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web extraction data was updated.
- The caveat property was set to None.
- The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
The PDF extraction data was updated.
- The clean_cert_ids property was updated, with the {'Certificate6': 1} values inserted.
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': {'__update__': {'Cert': {'__delete__': ['#1', '#0']}}}, 'fips_certlike': {'__update__': {'Certlike': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 7}, '__delete__': ['HMAC160', 'RSA1024', 'PKCS #1', 'DES2', 'DSA1024', 'DSA160']}}}, 'vendor': {}, 'eval_facility': {}, 'symmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': 4, 'DEA': 1}}, '3DES': {'__update__': {'3DES': 2, 'TDES': 1}}}}, 'constructions': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'HMAC': 9}}}}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'ECC': {'__update__': {'ECDSA': {'__update__': {'ECDSA': 11}}}}, 'FF': {'__update__': {'DH': {'__delete__': ['DH']}, 'DSA': {'__update__': {'DSA': 16}}}}}, '__delete__': ['RSA']}, 'hash_function': {'__update__': {'SHA': {'__update__': {'SHA1': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 13}}}}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'MAC': 2}}}}, 'randomness': {'__update__': {'RNG': {'__update__': {'RNG': 2}}}}, 'cipher_mode': {}, 'tee_name': {}, 'standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-2': 3}}, 'PKCS': {'__delete__': ['PKCS #1']}}}} data.
- The clean_cert_ids property was updated.
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': '#6', 'algorithm_type': 'Skipjack', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'RSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#98', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES MAC', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#86', 'algorithm_type': 'SHS', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#58', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#86', 'algorithm_type': 'HMAC-SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#98', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES', '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_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 46-3', 'FIPS PUB 186-2', 'FIPS PUB 180-1']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS#1': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}} data.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 46-3', 'FIPS PUB 186-2', 'FIPS PUB 180-1']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS#1': {'__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 Hardware.
30.01.2022 The certificate was first processed.

New certificate

A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

{
  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 498,
  "dgst": "f138665c5aa66008",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "RSA#1",
        "Triple-DES#98",
        "DSA#58",
        "SHS#86",
        "Skipjack#6",
        "Triple-DES MAC#98",
        "HMAC-SHA-1#86"
      ]
    },
    "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",
      "elements": []
    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
      "asymmetric_crypto": {
        "ECC": {
          "ECDSA": {
            "ECDSA": 11
          }
        },
        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "Diffie-Hellman": 7
          },
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 16
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {},
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {},
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "KEX": {
          "Key Exchange": 18
        },
        "MAC": {
          "MAC": 2
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {},
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {
        "Cert": {
          "Certificate 11": 1,
          "Certificate6": 1
        }
      },
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
          "Diffie-Hellman 1024": 1,
          "HMAC SHA-1": 3,
          "HMAC-SHA-1": 2,
          "PKCS#1": 4,
          "SHA-1": 7,
          "SHA-1 80": 6
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "Level 3": 1
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 13
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {
        "RNG": {
          "RNG": 2
        }
      },
      "side_channel_analysis": {},
      "standard_id": {
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          "FIPS 186-2": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 140-2": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 180-1": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 186-2": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 46-3": 1
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS#1": 2
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "DES": {
          "3DES": {
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            "TDEA": 3,
            "TDES": 1,
            "Triple-DES": 1
          },
          "DES": {
            "DEA": 1,
            "DES": 4
          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
            "HMAC": 9
          }
        },
        "miscellaneous": {
          "Skipjack": {
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          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {},
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {},
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/Author": "Kiwi",
      "/CreationDate": "D:20050107233401Z",
      "/Creator": "PScript5.dll Version 5.2",
      "/ModDate": "D:20050110183332-08\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (Windows)",
      "/Title": "Microsoft Word - 27c - VA97004T.doc",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 397040,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": []
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": true,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 46
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState",
    "module_download_ok": true,
    "module_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_convert_garbage": false,
    "policy_convert_ok": true,
    "policy_download_ok": true,
    "policy_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_pdf_hash": "5e00d3c362546fde45a7713db0b073b2bf9ec16668951f11f97827f5d68438d8",
    "policy_txt_hash": "525aa2a03adc59095546b8e7e79f554b091be62446ae922c36bd427bc63879b1"
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "None",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt498.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "The Pitney Bowes Compliant Meter 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\u2019s 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. The PSD is a secure module employed within the metering product which performs high-speed cryptographic functions, funds management, and printer administration functions that preclude unauthorized disbursing of indicia. The PSD has been designed to support international postal markets and their rapidly evolving requirements for digital indicia.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": null,
    "fw_versions": null,
    "historical_reason": "Skipjack is no longer approved",
    "hw_versions": "P/Ns 1A00 Version BAA, 1AEC Version AAA, 1APC Version ABC",
    "level": 3,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "Compliant Meter Postal Security Device (CoMet PSD)",
    "module_type": "Hardware",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-2",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": null,
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2005-01-18",
        "lab": "UL VERIFICATION SERVICES INC",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Pitney Bowes, Inc.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.pb.com"
  }
}

Compliant Meter Postal Security Device (CoMet PSD)

Certificate #498

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