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Acme Packet 3820 and Acme Packet 4500

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2456 · Oracle Corporation · data as of 2026-09-13

Acme Packet 3820 and Acme Packet 4500, from Oracle Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #2456 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. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number2456
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorOracle Corporation · website
Hardware versionsA1
Firmware versionsECx6.4.1 and ECx6.4.1M1

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

The Acme Packet 3820 and 4500 are one rack unit (1U) platforms that feature Oracle's purpose-built hardware design tightly integrated with Acme Packet OS, to provide the critical controls for delivering trusted, real-time communications - voice, video, and application data sessions - across Internet Protocol (IP) network borders.

Security level exceptions

  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES928, 1555
CVL480, 498
DRBG762, 791
HMAC519, 907, 2107, 2143
RSA1697, 1724
SHS912, 1378, 2748, 2788
Triple-DES745, 1019

Other algorithms

DES; ARC4; HMAC-MD5; SNMP KDF (non-compliant); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2015-10-21InitialCGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc

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: 2015-10-21

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