Network Security Services (NSS) Cryptographic Module (Basic ECC)

Certificate #1278

Webpage information ?

Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 29.03.2010
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode
Description Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major crypto algorithms and Internet security standards, and supports smartcards and hardware crypto devices. NSS is available free of charge under the Mozilla Public License, the GNU General Public License, and the GNU Lesser General Public License. For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
Tested configurations
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (single-user mode)
  • Microsoft Windows XP with SP3
Vendor Sun Microsystems, Inc., Red Hat®, Inc. and Mozilla Foundation, Inc.
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Security policy ?

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, RC2, RC4, DES, Triple-DES, SEED, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, MD5, PBKDF1
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
TLS
Randomness
DRBG
Libraries
NSS
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521, Curve P-256
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC

Security level
Level 1, level 1, Level 2
Side-channel analysis
Timing attacks, Timing attack, timing attacks, Timing Attacks

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, FIPS 46-3, FIPS 197, FIPS 180-2, FIPS 198, FIPS 186-2, SP 800-90, NIST SP 800-90, PKCS #11, PKCS #1, PKCS #5

File metadata

Title Security Policy - MozillaWiki
Keywords Security Policy
Creation date D:20100205174817-08'00'
Modification date D:20100208150707-05'00'
Pages 32
Creator Writer
Producer OpenOffice.org 3.1

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 1278.

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2010-03-29', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'SAIC-VA'}], 'vendor_url': 'http://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt1278.pdf', 'hw_versions': None, '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 1.
    • 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': 363753, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 32, '/CreationDate': "D:20100205174817-08'00'", '/Creator': 'Writer', '/Keywords': 'Security Policy', '/Producer': 'OpenOffice.org 3.1', '/ModDate': "D:20100208150707-05'00'", '/Title': 'Security Policy - MozillaWiki', 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['http://www.cryptography.com/timingattack/', 'http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf', 'http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2133', 'http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/abstracts/ssl-timing.html']}}}.
    • 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#823', 'AES#1128', 'DSA#368', 'DRBG#18', 'SHS#1050', 'RSA#535', 'HMAC#638', 'ECDSA#133']}.
    • 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': '8ac189d588f27e4c714c194662565ffa1ca8fd5fc48ff74e1704df75bdca7569', 'policy_txt_hash': '4eb495685decc910d45dbe383c31276eb78085d89983acc1379c2fd97977ace4'}.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
  • 07.12.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['1933', '1787', '1518', '1901', '1377']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['2457', '3150', '2640', '1901', '1954', '3025', '3517', '3575', '2321', '2643', '1931', '2644', '1787', '3380', '3162', '2981', '2498', '3163', '3576', '1933', '2136', '3580', '2641', '1518', '2695', '1377', '3204', '2638', '2657', '3574', '3153', '3161', '3252']}} data.
  • 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_certlike': {'__update__': {'Certlike': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 5, 'SHA-256': 6, 'SHA-384': 4, 'SHA-512': 5, 'PKCS #11': 30}, '__delete__': ['HMAC-SHA1', 'HMAC-SHA-1', 'SHA1', 'SHA256', 'SHA348', 'SHA512', 'RSASSA-PKCS1', 'AES-CBC encrypt/decrypt (128', 'PKCS1']}}}, 'symmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'AES_competition': {'__update__': {'AES': {'__delete__': ['AES-']}}}, 'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': {'__update__': {'DES': 5}}}}, 'constructions': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'HMAC': 9}}}}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'FF': {'__update__': {'DSA': {'__update__': {'DSA': 12}}}}}}, 'hash_function': {'__update__': {'SHA': {'__update__': {'SHA1': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 6}, '__delete__': ['SHA1']}, 'SHA2': {'__update__': {'SHA-256': 6, 'SHA-384': 4, 'SHA-512': 5}, '__delete__': ['SHA256', 'SHA512', 'SHA-2', 'SHA2']}}, '__delete__': ['SHA3']}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'MAC': 1}}}}, 'crypto_protocol': {'__update__': {'TLS': {'__update__': {'TLS': {'__update__': {'TLS': 9}}}}}}, 'randomness': {'__update__': {'PRNG': {'__update__': {'DRBG': 8}}}, '__delete__': ['RNG']}, 'cipher_mode': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'ECB': 2}}, 'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': 2}}}}, 'ecc_curve': {'__update__': {'NIST': {'__update__': {'P-384': 4}}}}, 'crypto_library': {'__update__': {'NSS': {'__update__': {'NSS': 99}}}}, 'side_channel_analysis': {'__update__': {'SCA': {'__update__': {'timing attacks': 1}}}}, 'tee_name': {}, 'standard_id': {'__update__': {'NIST': {'SP 800-90': 1, 'NIST SP 800-90': 1}, 'PKCS': {'__update__': {'PKCS #11': 15}, '__delete__': ['PKCS1']}}}} 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': '#1050', 'algorithm_type': 'SHS', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#535', 'algorithm_type': 'RSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1128', 'algorithm_type': 'AES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#823', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#18', 'algorithm_type': 'DRBG', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#368', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#638', 'algorithm_type': 'HMAC', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#133', 'algorithm_type': 'ECDSA', '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 140-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 140-2', 'FIPS 46-3', 'FIPS 186-2']}, 'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS 197']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS #11': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['PKCS #1', 'PKCS #5']}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_ecc_curves': {'__insert__': {'(NIST)? ?[PBK]-[0-9]{3}': {'P-256': {'count': 1}}}, '__update__': {'(?:Curve |curve |)P-(192|224|256|384|521)': {'__update__': {'Curve P-256': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['P-256', 'P-384', 'P-521']}}}, 'rules_crypto_libs': {'__update__': {'NSS': {'__update__': {'NSS': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, '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 140-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['FIPS PUB 140-2', 'FIPS 46-3', 'FIPS 186-2']}, 'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['FIPS 197']}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS #11': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['PKCS #1', 'PKCS #5']}}}, 'rules_block_cipher_modes': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'ECB': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'CBC': {'__update__': {'CBC': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, 'rules_ecc_curves': {'__insert__': {'(NIST)? ?[PBK]-[0-9]{3}': {'P-256': {'count': 1}}}, '__update__': {'(?:Curve |curve |)P-(192|224|256|384|521)': {'__update__': {'Curve P-256': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}, '__delete__': ['P-256', 'P-384', 'P-521']}}}, 'rules_crypto_libs': {'__update__': {'NSS': {'__update__': {'NSS': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}}}, '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.
    New certificate

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

Raw data

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  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 1278,
  "dgst": "fa9b1cc5d156de5b",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "HMAC#638",
        "RSA#535",
        "AES#1128",
        "DRBG#18",
        "ECDSA#133",
        "SHS#1050",
        "DSA#368",
        "Triple-DES#823"
      ]
    },
    "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": {
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      "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": {
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        "ECC": {
          "ECC": {
            "ECC": 7
          },
          "ECDSA": {
            "ECDSA": 7
          }
        },
        "FF": {
          "DH": {
            "Diffie-Hellman": 4
          },
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 12
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {
        "CBC": {
          "CBC": 2
        },
        "ECB": {
          "ECB": 2
        }
      },
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {
        "NSS": {
          "NSS": 99
        }
      },
      "crypto_protocol": {
        "TLS": {
          "TLS": {
            "TLS": 9
          }
        }
      },
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "MAC": {
          "MAC": 1
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {
        "NIST": {
          "Curve P-256": 2,
          "P-256": 14,
          "P-384": 4,
          "P-521": 12
        }
      },
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {
        "Cert": {
          "#1": 2,
          "#11": 16,
          "#5": 2
        }
      },
      "fips_certlike": {
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          "DES 823": 1,
          "DRBG 18": 1,
          "DSA 368": 1,
          "HMAC 638": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA256": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA348": 2,
          "HMAC-SHA512": 2,
          "PKCS #1": 4,
          "PKCS #11": 30,
          "PKCS #5": 4,
          "RSA 535": 1,
          "SHA 256": 1,
          "SHA-1": 5,
          "SHA-256": 6,
          "SHA-384": 4,
          "SHA-386": 1,
          "SHA-512": 5,
          "SHS 1050": 1
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "Level 1": 4,
          "Level 2": 1,
          "level 1": 1
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "MD": {
          "MD5": {
            "MD5": 1
          }
        },
        "PBKDF": {
          "PBKDF1": 1
        },
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 6
          },
          "SHA2": {
            "SHA-256": 6,
            "SHA-384": 4,
            "SHA-512": 5
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {
        "PRNG": {
          "DRBG": 8
        }
      },
      "side_channel_analysis": {
        "SCA": {
          "Timing Attacks": 2,
          "Timing attack": 1,
          "Timing attacks": 1,
          "timing attacks": 1
        }
      },
      "standard_id": {
        "FIPS": {
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          "FIPS 180-2": 1,
          "FIPS 186-2": 2,
          "FIPS 197": 1,
          "FIPS 198": 1,
          "FIPS 46-3": 1,
          "FIPS PUB 140-2": 1
        },
        "NIST": {
          "NIST SP 800-90": 1,
          "SP 800-90": 1
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS #1": 2,
          "PKCS #11": 15,
          "PKCS #5": 2
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "AES_competition": {
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            "AES": 6
          },
          "RC": {
            "RC2": 1,
            "RC4": 1
          }
        },
        "DES": {
          "3DES": {
            "Triple-DES": 5
          },
          "DES": {
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          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
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        },
        "miscellaneous": {
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          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {},
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {},
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/CreationDate": "D:20100205174817-08\u002700\u0027",
      "/Creator": "Writer",
      "/Keywords": "Security Policy",
      "/ModDate": "D:20100208150707-05\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "OpenOffice.org 3.1",
      "/Title": "Security Policy - MozillaWiki",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 363753,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": [
          "http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2133",
          "http://www.cryptography.com/timingattack/",
          "http://www.daemonology.net/papers/htt.pdf",
          "http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/abstracts/ssl-timing.html"
        ]
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 32
    }
  },
  "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": "8ac189d588f27e4c714c194662565ffa1ca8fd5fc48ff74e1704df75bdca7569",
    "policy_txt_hash": "4eb495685decc910d45dbe383c31276eb78085d89983acc1379c2fd97977ace4"
  },
  "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/140crt1278.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major crypto algorithms and Internet security standards, and supports smartcards and hardware crypto devices. NSS is available free of charge under the Mozilla Public License, the GNU General Public License, and the GNU Lesser General Public License. For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": null,
    "fw_versions": null,
    "historical_reason": "Moved to historical list due to sunsetting",
    "hw_versions": null,
    "level": 1,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "Network Security Services (NSS) Cryptographic Module (Basic ECC)",
    "module_type": "Software",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-2",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": "3.12.4",
    "tested_conf": [
      "Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (single-user mode)",
      "Microsoft Windows XP with SP3"
    ],
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2010-03-29",
        "lab": "SAIC-VA",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Sun Microsystems, Inc., Red Hat\u00ae, Inc. and Mozilla Foundation, Inc.",
    "vendor_url": "http://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation"
  }
}