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Attribute DLf1024s160mDES3 DLf1024s160mRijndael DLf3072s256mRijndael DLf3072s256mAEScSP800131Ar1 ECp521mAES

Introduced

Original

Old

v11.50

v12.50

Forthcoming

FIPS Firmware Versions

n/a

v12.72, v13.2, v13.4

forthcoming

Cryptographic Properties

Attribute DLf1024s160mDES3 DLf1024s160mRijndael DLf3072s256mRijndael DLf3072s256mAEScSP800131Ar1 ECp521mAES

Overall Strength

80 bit

128 bit

Internal Cryptography

Proprietary

FIPS-140 approved

Internal Signatures

DSA-1024

DSA-3072

ECDSA-P521

Working Key Blobs

DES3-CBC Proprietary MAC

Proprietary KDF
AES-256-CBC
HMAC-SHA1

SP800-108 KDF
AES-256-CBC
HMAC-SHA256

Key Recovery

RSA-1024
PKCS#1v1.5
DES3-CBC
Proprietary MAC

RSA-SVE-1024
Proprietary KDF
AES-CBC-256
HMAC-SHA512

RSA-SVE-3072
Proprietary KDF
AES-CBC-256
HMAC-SHA512

RSA-OAEP-3072
SHA-256
SP800-108 KDF
AES-CBC-256
HMAC-SHA512

ECDH-P521
SP800-56Ar2 KDF
AES-CBC-CTR
HMAC-SHA256

Passphrase Recovery

RSA-1024
PKCS#1v1.5

RSA-OAEP-3702
SHA-256

ECDH-P521
SP800-56Ar2 KDF
AES-CBC-CTR
HMAC-SHA256

nCore Configuration

Attribute DLf1024s160mDES3 DLf1024s160mRijndael DLf3072s256mRijndael DLf3072s256mAEScSP800131Ar1 ECp521mAES

FIPS Mode Bits

FIPS140Level3

FIPSLevel3Enforcedv2 + StrictSP80056Ar3

KML Type

DSAp1024s160

DSAp3072s256

NISTp521hSHA1

Key Hash

SHA1

KMWK

DES3 0101…​

AES-256 0000…​

HKMWK

1d572201be533ebc89f30fdd8f3fac6ca3395bf0

c2be99fe1c77f1b75d48e2fd2df8dffc0c969bcb

FIPS Mode Restrictions

Attribute DLf1024s160mDES3 DLf1024s160mRijndael DLf3072s256mRijndael DLf3072s256mAEScSP800131Ar1 ECp521mAES

Single-DES

Forbidden

DES3 Encryption

Permitted

Forbidden

DES3 Decryption

Permitted

DES3 MAC

Permitted

Forbidden

RSA Public Modulus

≥1024 bits

≥2048 bits

RSA Public Exponemt

16-256 bits

DSA Public Modulus

≥1024 bits

≥2048 bits

DSA Group Order

≥160 bits

≥224 bits

DSA Signature Generation

Permitted

Forbidden

DH Public Modulus

≥1024 bits

≥2048 bits

DH Group Order

≥160 bits

≥224 bits

DH Without Group Order

Permitted

Forbidden

ElGamal

Forbidden

ECC Group Order

≥160 bits

≥224 bits

Non-Cofactor ECDH

Permitted

Forbidden

ECIES with XOR encryption

Forbidden

ECIES with KDF2

Forbidden

KDF2 in CKDF

Permitted

Forbidden

SHA1 Signature

Permitted

Forbidden

Non-default ICV with AES-KW

Permitted

Forbidden

Non-default ICV with AES-GCM

Permitted

Forbidden

Non-approved hashes with KDFs

Permitted

Forbidden

Unauthenticated key wrapping

Permitted

Forbidden

Private key plaintext import

Forbidden

Private key plaintext export

Forbidden

Public key plaintext export

Authentication required

KCDSA, SEED, ARIA

Forbidden