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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #127

Details

Module Name
nForce SCSI 400
and nForce SCSI 150
Cryptographic Accelerators
Standard
FIPS 140-1
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate
Overall Level
2
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.)
Module Type
Hardware
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
nC3022W-400, 150
Firmware Versions
v1.77.100

Vendor

nCipher Corporation Ltd.
500 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01810-3371
USA

Sales
sales@ncipher.com
Phone: 800-NCIPHER
Fax: 781-994-4001

Related Files

Security Policy
Certificate

Validation History

Date Type Lab
12/20/2000 Initial DOMUS
9/14/2001 Update
3/9/2006 Update
3/15/2006 Update