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Luna® PCI Cryptographic Module

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1167 · SafeNet, Inc. · data as of 2026-09-08

Luna® PCI Cryptographic Module, from SafeNet, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #1167 at overall level 3. 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 number1167
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level3
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendorSafeNet, Inc. · website
Hardware versionsVBD-03-0100
Firmware versions4.6.8

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Luna PCI offers dedicated hardware key management to protect sensitive cryptographic keys from attack. The high-security hardware design ensures the integrity and protection of encryption keys throughout their life cycle. All digital signing and verification operations are performed within the HSM to increase performance and maintain security. Luna PCI HSMs provide hardware secured key generation, storage, secure key backup and accelerated encryption in a range of models and configurations offering a wide selection of security, performance and operational capabilities.

Approved algorithms (9)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES510, 934
DSA332
ECDSA117
HMAC523
RNG535
RSA453
SHS918
Triple-DES520, 748
Triple-DES MACvendor affirmed

Other algorithms

ARIA; DES; RC2; RC4; RC5; CAST; CAST3; CAST5; SEED; DES-MAC; RC2-MAC; RC5-MAC; CAST-MAC; CAST3-MAC; CAST5-MAC; MD2; MD5; HAS-160; HMAC-MD5; SSL3-MD5-MAC; SSL3-SHA1-MAC; SSL PRE-MASTER; PBE-MD2-DES; PBE-MD5-DES; PBE-MD5-CAST; PBE-MD5-CAST3; PBE-SHA-1-CAST5; KCDSA; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2009-08-31InitialSAIC-VA

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: 2009-08-31

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