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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #402

Details

Module Name
nCipher 800 PCI[1], nCipher 1600 PCI[2], nCipher 1600 PCI for NetHSM[3], nForce 800 PCI[4] and nForce 1600 PCI[5]
Standard
FIPS 140-2
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Overall Level
2
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode
Security Level Exceptions
  • Self Tests: Level 4
Module Type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-chip embedded
Description
The nCipher modules: nCipher 800 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI, nCipher 1600 PCI for NetHSM, nForce 800 PCI and nForce 1600 PCI family of secure ecommerce HSM's are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher modules are FIPS 140-2 level 2 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.
Approved Algorithms
AES Cert. #15
DSA Cert. #60
HMAC-SHA-1 Cert. #95, vendor affirmed
RSA PKCS#1, vendor affirmed
SHA-1 Cert. #95
Triple-DES Cert. #109
Triple-DES MAC Triple-DES Cert. #109, vendor affirmed
Other Algorithms
DES (Cert. #173); DES MAC (Cert. #173, vendor affirmed); ARC FOUR; CAST5; CAST 6; HMAC (MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 and RIPEMD-160); SHA-256; SHA-384; SHA-512; RIPEMD-160; MD2; MD5; SEED; El-Gamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)); Blowfish; Twofish; Serpent; KCDSA; HSA 160
Hardware Versions
nC3033P-800[1], nC3033P-1K6[2], nC3033P-1K6N[3], nC3033P-800[4] and nC3033P-1K6[5], Build Standard C
Firmware Versions
2.12.9-2

Vendor

nCipher Corporation Ltd.
500 Unicorn Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801-3371
USA

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

Validation History

Date Type Lab
3/18/2004 Initial DOMUS
3/9/2006 Update
3/15/2006 Update