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SafeNet HighAssurance 4000 Gateway

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1042 · SafeNet, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-12

SafeNet HighAssurance 4000 Gateway, from SafeNet, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #1042 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

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

Certificate

Certificate number1042
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorSafeNet, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsA
Firmware versions5.1

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The SafeNet HighAssurance 4000 Gateway is a high performance, integrated security appliance that offers Gigabit IPSec encryption. Housed in a tamper evident chassis, have two gigabit ethernet ports. Traffic on the local port is received in the clear, while traffic on the remote port has security processing applied to it.

Approved algorithms (6)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES156
HMAC34
RNG274
RSA209
SHS117
Triple-DES258

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 90 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); MD5; HMAC MD5; DES

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2008-10-15InitialDOMUS

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: 2008-10-15

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