nShield Solo XC F3 & nShield Solo XC F3 for nShield Connect XC and for nShield HSMi

Certificate #4334

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 16.10.2022 , 18.06.2024 , 27.06.2025
Sunset date 21-09-2026
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Embedded
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode and initialized to Overall Level 2 per Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Physical Security: Level 3
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description The nShield XC F3 PCIe card, sold as nShield XC F3 PCIe server-embedded hardware security modules (HSMs) and also used in the nShield Connect XC and nShield HSMi network appliance HSMs, are multi-tasking HSMs optimized for symmetric and asymmetric operations on protected keys. The nShield modules are FIPS 140-2 Level 2 embedded devices for applications including but not limited to PKI, SSL/TLS, Secure Manufacturing, Data Protection, Key Management and Provisioning.
Version (Hardware) nC4035E-000 and nC4335N-000, Build Standard A
Version (Firmware) 12.72.1, 12.72.3 and v12.72.4
Vendor Entrust
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Symmetric Algorithms
AES, CAST, RC4, DES, TDES, Triple-DES, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECDSA, ECIES, DH, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA1, SHA-256, SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA512, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, MD5, RIPEMD-160
Schemes
MAC, KA, Key Agreement
Randomness
DRBG
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-521, P-256, P-192, curve P-521, P-384, K-233, K-571, B-233, B-571, NIST P-521, NIST P-224, NIST K-233, K-283, NIST B-233, B-283, K-163, B-163, Ed25519
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

JavaCard API constants
X25519
Trusted Execution Environments
Secure Execution
Vendor
Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation

Security level
Level 2, level 3, Level 3, level 2

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS 197, FIPS 186-4, SP 800-108, NIST SP 800-90B, SP 800-90A, PKCS#1, PKCS#8, RFC 5639, RFC2612, RFC6979

File metadata

Title nShield Word Template
Author Dieguez, Ignacio
Creation date D:20250507120904+02'00'
Modification date D:20250507120904+02'00'
Pages 41
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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