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Cisco 1841 and Cisco 2801 Integrated Services Routers

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1037 · Cisco Systems, Inc. · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode with the tamper evident labels installed as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number1037
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorCisco Systems, Inc. · website
Hardware versions1841, 280 and SDN-L V(3) BBM
Firmware versions12.4(15)T3[1] and 12.4(15)T10[2]

Module description

The Cisco 1841 and 2801 routers feature the ability to deliver multiple high-quality simultaneous services at wire speeds up to multiple T1/E1/xDSL connections. These routers offer embedded encryption acceleration on the motherboard.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES181, 795, 1199
HMAC27, 436, 696
RNG456, 663
RSA379
SHS267, 794, 1104
Triple-DES283, 683, 867

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 or 96 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); MD5; HMAC-MD5; RC4; DES

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2008-10-14InitialSAIC-VA
2009-08-28Update
2009-10-23Update
2010-05-28Update
2011-06-07UpdateSAIC-VA
2012-02-23Update

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: 2008-10-14, 2009-08-28, 2009-10-23, 2010-05-28, 2011-06-07, 2012-02-23

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