FIPS Standard

CHANGE NOTICES
Change Notice 1 (Superseded by Change Notice 2)
FIPS PUB 140-2, SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
DATE OF CHANGE: 2001 October 10
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules,
specifies the security requirements that will be satisfied by a cryptographic module utilized within a
security system protecting sensitive but unclassified information (hereafter referred to as sensitive
information).
This change notice provides a correction to the required intervals for the length of runs test indicated in
Table 3 in Section 4.9.1
Power-Up Tests.
Table 3 as originally published, incorrectly specified the required intervals. The correct intervals are
indicated.
Incorrect
Length of
Run
Required
Interval
1 2,343 – 2,657
2 1,135 – 1,365
3 542 – 708
4 251 – 373
5 111 – 201
6+ 111 - 201
Correct
Length of
Run
Required
Interval
1 2,315 – 2,685
2 1,114 – 1,386
3 527 - 723
4 240 - 384
5 103 - 209
6+ 103 - 209
Questions regarding this change notice may be directed to Annabelle Lee
([e-mail]
, 301-975-2941).
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