nForce 300, nForce 150and nForce 75 Cryptographic Accelerators
nCipher Corporation Ltd. - FIPS 140 #125
The nCipher nFast/nForce/nShield range of hardware cryptographic accelerators increases server throughput in data security and electronic commerce applications such as: secure Web sites, financial transactions over the Internet, authenticated access to intranets and extranets, certification authorities and digital signatures, secure messaging including X.400/EDI.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 125
- Standard
- FIPS 140-1
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- historical
- Status reason
- Validation Sunsetting Policy - FIPS 140-1 Certificate
- Vendor
- nCipher Corporation Ltd.
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Stand Alone
- Lab
- DOMUS
- First validated
- December 20, 2000
- Versions
- Build Standard D; v1.54.28
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode
- Level exceptions
- *(Level 3 is met in these areas when the "FIPS_level3" flag is set during initialization.); EMI/EMC: Level 3; Key Management: Level 3*; Roles and Services: Level 3*; Self Tests: Level 3*; Software Security: Level 3
Algorithms
- DSA/SHA-1
- Triple-DES
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CAVP algorithm certificates (2)
Each approved algorithm in a FIPS 140-3 module needs its own NIST CAVP certificate. Older numeric certificates link to their NIST page; ACVP certificates (A1234) can be looked up in the CAVP validation search.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP, the Common Criteria Portal and ENISA (EUCC) - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 17, 2026
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