nForce SCSI 400 and nForce SCSI 150 Cryptographic Accelerators
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode
Certificate
| Certificate number | 127 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-1 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | nCipher Corporation Ltd. · website |
| Hardware versions | nC3022W-400, 150 |
| Firmware versions | v1.77.100 |
Module description
The nCipher nForce family of secure e-commerce accelerators improves data security and increases server transaction throughput in applications using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol such as secure web servers, or application servers that process secure transactions. nForce provides hardware key storage in addition to off-loading the SSL cryptographic processing from the host CPU.
Security level exceptions
- Roles and Services: Level 3*
- Software Security: Level 3
- EMI/EMC: Level 3
- Self Tests: Level 3*
- Key Management: Level 3*
- *(Level 3 is met in these areas when the "FIPS_level3" flag is set during initialization.)
Approved algorithms
| Algorithm | CAVP certificate |
|---|---|
| DSA/SHA-1 | |
| Triple-DES | 34 |
| Triple-DES MAC; RSA | vendor affirmed |
Other algorithms
DES (Cert. #24); DES MAC; CAST5; HMAC (MD2, MD5, SHA-1 and RIPEMD160); ElGamal; and Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-12-20 | Initial | DOMUS |
| 2001-09-14 | Update | |
| 2006-03-09 | Update | |
| 2006-03-15 | 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: 2000-12-20, 2001-09-14, 2006-03-09, 2006-03-15