Module Name
nForce 300, nForce 150
and nForce 75
Cryptographic Accelerators
Historical Reason
Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode
Security Level Exceptions
- Roles and Services: Level 3*
- Software Security: Level 3
- EMI/EMC: Level 3
- Self Tests: Level 3*
- Key Management: Level 3*
- *(Level 3 is met in these areas when the "FIPS_level3" flag is set during initialization.)
Embodiment
Multi-chip standalone
Description
The nCipher nForce family of secure e-commerce accelerators improves data
security and increases server transaction throughput in applications using the
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol such as secure web servers, or application
servers that process secure transactions. nForce provides hardware key storage
in addition to off-loading the SSL cryptographic processing from the host CPU.
Approved Algorithms
DSA/SHA-1 |
Cert. #11 |
Triple-DES |
Cert. #34 |
Triple-DES MAC; RSA |
vendor affirmed |
Other Algorithms
DES (Cert. #24); DES MAC; CAST5; HMAC (MD2, MD5, SHA-1 and RIPEMD160); ElGamal; and Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)
Hardware Versions
nC3021S-300, 150, 75 Build Standard E
Firmware Versions
v1.77.100