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Steelhead 520, Steelhead 1020, Steelhead 1520 and Steelhead 2020 Appliances

FIPS 140-2 certificate #1481 · Riverbed Technology, 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 and with the tamper evident seals and security panels installed as indicated in the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number1481
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorRiverbed Technology, Inc. · website
Hardware versions520, 1020, 1520 and 2020
Firmware versions4.1.10

Module description

The Steelhead family of appliances provides application acceleration and accelerated data transfer over a wide area network (WAN), overcoming bandwidth and geographical limitations to improve productivity and enable global collaboration.

Security level exceptions

  • Design Assurance: Level 3

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES1044
HMAC586
RNG595
RSA498
SHS994
Triple-DES792

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 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); DSA (FIPS 186-3; non-compliant) ; MD5; DES; RC2; RC4; IDEA; CAST; Blowfish; HMAC-Tiger; EC Diffie-Hellman (SP 800-56A; non-compliant)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2011-01-11InitialDOMUS

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: 2011-01-11

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