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CipherOptics SG100 and CipherOptics SG1002

FIPS 140-2 certificate #653 · CipherOptics 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.
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Certificate

Certificate number653
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorCipherOptics Inc. · website
Hardware versionsA
Firmware versions3.1 and 3.2

Module description

The CipherOptics SG100 and SG1002 are high performance, integrated security appliances that offer Gigabit and 10/100 Ethernet IPSec encryption respectively. Housed in a tamper evident chassis, have two ethernet ports. Traffic on the local port is received in the clear, while traffic on the remote port has security processing applied to it.

Security level exceptions

  • EMI/EMC: Level 3

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES156
HMAC34
RNG112
RSA79
SHS117
Triple-DES258

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 80 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant); MD5; HMAC MD5; DES

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2006-04-06InitialDOMUS
2006-08-16Update
2010-06-14Update

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: 2006-04-06, 2006-08-16, 2010-06-14

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