Cryptographic Testing
Entropy Source Assessment
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What atsec offers:
atsec US offers entropy source assessment specified by the SP800-90 series of documents through its accredited Cryptographic Security Testing (CST) laboratory (NVLAP Lab Code #200658-0). The assessment consists of two parts and will lead to an ESV certificate listing on the NIST website:
- Analysis of the design and operation of the noise source, as well as other aspects of the noise source (conditioning components, health tests, IID assumptions, etc.), that need to be documented and reviewed.
- Cryptographic modules that implement an entropy source need to be compliant with Special Publication 800-90B “Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation”. This involves the statistical testing of raw entropy data (one million samples) collected from a continuous run of the noise source, as well as raw entropy data (another million samples) collected by concatenating 1,000 samples after a restart of the noise source with a total of 1,000 restarts.
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The CMVP requires that all FIPS 140-3 module validation submissions include documented conformance to SP 800-90B when it is applicable. SP 800-90B, along with corresponding FIPS 140-3 IGs D.J, D.K, and D.O, outline the requirements for an entropy source to be included in a FIPS-approved cryptographic module.
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The following entropy source implementations are the latest of the 69 that were tested by atsec’s laboratory:
| Vendor / Implementation | Certificate / Date |
|---|---|
| NetApp, Inc. NetApp StorageGRID Kernel CPU Time Jitter RNG Entropy Source |
E223 2024-12-20 |
| Ctrl IQ, Inc. Rocky Linux OpenSSL 1 CPU Time Jitter RNG Entropy Source |
E219 2024-12-13 |
| Canonical Ltd. Canonical OpenSSL CPU Time Jitter Entropy source |
E218 2024-12-13 |
| Canonical Ltd. Canonical Userspace CPU Time Jitter Entropy source |
E217 2024-12-12 |
| Quantinuum Ltd. Entropy Source for Quantum Origin |
E214 2024-11-22 |
| SUSE LLC Kernel-RT CPU Time Jitter RNG |
E211 2024-11-18 |
| Ctrl IQ, Inc. Rocky Linux Userspace CPU Time Jitter RNG Entropy Source |
E210 2024-11-18 |
| SUSE LLC SUSE OpenSSL1 CPU Time Jitter RNG Entropy Source |
E209 2024-11-18 |
| Ctrl IQ, Inc. Rocky Linux OpenSSL 3 CPU Time Jitter RNG Entropy Source |
E208 2024-11-15 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Entropy Source of the Qualcomm® Pseudo Random Number Generator (Snapdragon® X Elite) |
E207 2024-11-07 |
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FIPS 140-3 Testing
FIPS 140-3 specifies requirements related to securely designing and implementing cryptographic modules, and compliance is increasingly mandatory worldwide.
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Testing that cryptographic algorithms are implemented correctly is a prerequisite for FIPS 140-3 cryptographic module testing and NIAP Common Criteria evaluations.
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