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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

Certificate #531

Details

Module Name
nForce 150 SCSI and nForce 400 SCSI
Standard
FIPS 140-2
Status
Historical
 Historical Reason
RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition
Overall Level
2
Caveat
When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy
Security Level Exceptions
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
Module Type
Hardware
Embodiment
Multi-chip standalone
Description
The nCipher nForce family of secure e-commerce HSM's 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.
Approved Algorithms
AES Cert. #15
DSA Cert. #113
HMAC Cert. #3
RNG Cert. #20
RSA Cert. #16
SHS Cert. #255
Triple-DES Cert. #34
Triple-DES MAC Triple-DES Cert. #34, vendor affirmed
Other Algorithms
DES (Cert. #24); DES MAC (Cert. #24, vendor affirmed); ARC FOUR; CAST5; CAST 6; MD2; MD5; RIPEMD 160; SEED; HMAC (MD2, MD5, and RIPEMD160); El-Gamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); Blowfish; Twofish; Serpent; KCDSA; HSA 160
Hardware Versions
nC3022W-150 and nC3022W-400 Build Standard D
Firmware Versions
2.18.15-2

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
5/10/2005 Initial DOMUS
3/9/2006 Update
3/15/2006 Update