nForce 300, nForce 150and nForce 75 Cryptographic Accelerators
nCipher Corporation Ltd. - FIPS 140 #126
The nCipher nForce family of secure e-commerce accelerators improves data security and increases server transaction throughput in applications using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol such as secure web servers, or application servers that process secure transactions. nForce provides hardware key storage in addition to off-loading the SSL cryptographic processing from the host CPU.
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 126
- 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
- nC3021S-300, 150, 75 Build Standard E; v1.77.100
- 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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