Module Name
nForce 150 PCI and nForce 300 PCI
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*
- 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 nForce SSL family of secure e-commerce accelerators improves data security and increases server throughput in applications using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol such as: secure web servers, e-commerce sites, Internet financial transactions, authenticated access to intranets and extranets and digital signatures and secure messaging including X.400/EDI
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
nC3022P-150 and nC3022P-300
