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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #561

Details

Module Name
LYNKS Privacy Card
Standard
FIPS 140-1
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
Skipjack is no longer approved
Overall Level
2
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode
Module Type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-chip standalone
Description
The SPYRUS family of LYNKS Privacy Card tokens provides high performance, high assurance cryptographic processing in a personal, portable PC card form factor. The LYNKS Privacy Card product enables security- critical capabilities such as user authentication, message privacy and integrity, authentication, and secure storage in rugged, tamper-evident hardware.
Approved Algorithms
DSA/SHA-1 Cert. #1
Skipjack Cert. #1
Other Algorithms
DES (Cert. #50); RSA (non-compliant); Triple-DES; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)); MD5; KEA
Hardware Versions
2.0
Firmware Versions
1.c

Vendor

SPYRUS, Inc.
2355 Oakland Road
Suite 1
San Jose, CA 95131
USA

Bill Bialick
bbialick@spyrus.com
Phone: 410-964-6400
Fax: 410-964-5154

Validation History

Date Type Lab
7/29/2005 Initial DOMUS