Module Name
nShield F2 SCSI and nShield F2 Ultrasign SCSI
Historical Reason
Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode
Security Level Exceptions
- Cryptographic Module Design: Level 3
- Roles and Services: Level 3*
- EMI/EMC: Level 3
- Key Management: Level 3*
- Module Interfaces: Level 3
- Finite State Machine Model: Level 3
- Software Security: Level 3
- Self Tests: 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 nShield range of Hardware Security Modules improves the security of cryptographic keys and increases server throughput of secure transactions in Public Key Infrastructure and other high integrity applications such as: Certificate Authorities, Registration Authorities, Government and Financial Institutions.
Approved Algorithms
| RSA |
vendor affirmed |
| Triple-DES |
Cert. #34 |
| Triple-DES MAC; DSA/SHA-1 |
Cert. #11 |
Other Algorithms
DES (Cert. #24); DES MAC; Rijndael, ARC FOUR, CAST5; HMAC (MD2, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-192, SHA-256 and RIPEMD160); ElGamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)
Hardware Versions
nC4022W-150 and nC4022W-400
Firmware Versions
4.0 (1.71.11) and 4.0.1 (1.71.91)
