nForce 150 SCSI and nForce 400 SCSI: FIPS 140-1 cert #171

nForce 150 SCSI and nForce 400 SCSI, from nCipher Corporation Ltd., holds FIPS 140-1 certificate #171 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.

Certificate

Certificate number	171
Standard	FIPS 140-1
Status	historical
Overall level	2
Module type	Hardware
Embodiment	Multi-chip standalone
Vendor	nCipher Corporation Ltd. · website
Hardware versions	nC3022W-150 and nC3022W-400, Build standard D
Firmware versions	5.0 (1.71.15) and 5.0.1 (1.71.91)

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The nCipher nForce SSL family of secure e-commerce accelerators improves data security and increases server throughput in applications using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol such as: secure web servers, e-commerce sites, Internet financial transactions, authenticated access to intranets and extranets and digital signatures and secure messaging including X.400/EDI.

Security level exceptions

Roles and Services: Level 3*
Key Management: Level 3*
Module Interfaces: Level 3
Software Security: Level 3
Self Tests: Level 3*
*When operated in the FIPS mode

Approved algorithms (3)

Algorithm	CAVP certificates
RSA	vendor affirmed
Triple-DES	34
Triple-DES MAC; DSA/SHA-1

Other algorithms

DES (Cert. #24); DES MAC; Rijndael; ARC FOUR; CAST5; HMAC (SHA-1, SHA-192, SHA-256, MD2, MD5; RIPEMD160); El-Gamal; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)

Validation history

Date	Type	Lab
2001-10-15	Initial	DOMUS
2004-01-23	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: 2001-10-15, 2004-01-23

nForce 150 SCSI and nForce 400 SCSI