Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000
Certificate
| Certificate number | 1026 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 3 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip embedded |
| Vendor | Sun Microsystems, Inc. · website |
| Hardware versions | 375-3424, Revisions -02, -03 and -04 |
| Firmware versions | Bootstrap versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.10, Operational firmware version 1.0.11 |
Module description
The Sun Cryptographic Accelerator 6000 (SCA-6000) is a high performance hardware security module for Sun platforms (SPARC, x86, x64). It is a low-profile, short PCI-E (X8) card consisting of on-board cryptographic acceleration hardware and a secure cryptographic key store. SCA-6000 supports remote management functions. It has serial and USB ports for local administration. It enhances platform performance by off-loading compute intensive cryptographic calculations by accelerating both IPsec and SSL processing, and by performing many financial service functions. Supported on Linux and Solaris-10
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); DES; MD5; HMAC-MD5; RC2
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-07 | Initial | SAIC-VA |
| 2008-12-17 | Update | |
| 2009-05-18 | Update |
Status timeline
As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.
- 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
- Validation dates on record: 2008-10-07, 2008-12-17, 2009-05-18