nShield F2 SCSI, nShield F2 Ultrasign SCSI and nShield F2 Ultrasign 32 SCSI

Certificate #299

Webpage information ?

Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 07.03.2003 , 09.05.2003 , 23.01.2004
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2 or 3*
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Cryptographic Module Ports and Interfaces: Level 2 or 3*
  • Cryptographic Key Management: Level 2 or 3*
  • *Level conditional on configuration as per Security Policy
Description The nCipher nShield "SEE Ready" range of Hardware Security Modules improves the security of cryptographic keys, security sensitive software applications and increases server throughput of secure transactions in Public Key Infrastructure and other high integrity applications such as: Certificate Authorities, Registration Authorities, Government and Financial Institutions.
Version (Hardware) nC4022W-150, nC4022W-400 and nC4122W-400, Build Standard DR
Version (Firmware) 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4 and 2.0.5
Vendor nCipher Corporation Ltd.
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Security policy ?

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, Twofish, Serpent, CAST, RC4, DES, Blowfish, SEED, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-384, MD5, RIPEMD, RIPEMD160
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange
Protocols
SSL
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC

Trusted Execution Environments
Secure Execution

Security level
level 2, level 3

Standards
FIPS 140-2, PKCS #8, PKCS #1, RFC2144, RFC2612

File metadata

Title Untitled Document
Creation date D:20040116104854Z
Modification date D:20040123110415-05'00'
Pages 32
Creator FrameMaker 6.0
Producer Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Windows

References

Incoming
  • 567 - historical - Caymas Systems 318 Identity-Driven Access Gateway
  • 696 - historical - SafeWord SecureWire 500 Identity and Access Management Appliance
  • 568 - historical - Caymas Systems 525 Identity-Driven Access Gateway
  • 697 - historical - SafeWord SecureWire 2500 Identity and Access Management Appliance

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

Updates ?

  • 18.05.2023 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The cpe_matches property was set to None.
    • The related_cves property was set to None.
  • 09.02.2023 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The cert_id was updated.

    • The new value is 299.

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'validation_history': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2003-03-07', 'validation_type': 'Initial', 'lab': 'DOMUS'}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2003-05-09', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': ''}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry', 'date': '2004-01-23', 'validation_type': 'Update', 'lab': ''}], 'vendor_url': 'http://www.ncipher.com', 'certificate_pdf_url': 'https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt299.pdf', 'hw_versions': 'nC4022W-150, nC4022W-400 and nC4122W-400, Build Standard DR', 'fw_versions': '2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4 and 2.0.5'}.
    • The standard property was set to FIPS 140-2.
    • The status property was set to historical.
    • The level property was set to 2.
    • The embodiment property was set to Multi-Chip Stand Alone.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['date_validation', 'algorithms', 'vendor_www', 'lab', 'lab_nvlap', 'security_policy_www', 'certificate_www', 'hw_version', 'fw_version', 'product_url'].

    The PDF extraction data was updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'policy_metadata': {'pdf_file_size_bytes': 287738, 'pdf_is_encrypted': False, 'pdf_number_of_pages': 32, '/Producer': 'Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Windows', '/Title': 'Untitled Document', '/ModDate': "D:20040123110415-05'00'", '/CreationDate': 'D:20040116104854Z', '/Creator': 'FrameMaker 6.0', 'pdf_hyperlinks': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['http://www.ncipher.com']}}}.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['cert_id', 'algorithms', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_metadata'].

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'policy_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'module_prunned_references': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}, 'policy_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['568', '567', '697', '696']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['568', '567', '697', '696']}, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'module_processed_references': {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'direct_transitive_cves': None, 'indirect_transitive_cves': None}.
    • The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['RSA#1', 'DSA/SHA-1#11', 'Triple-DES#34', 'HMAC-SHA-1#11', 'AES#15', 'Triple-DES MAC#34']}.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['keywords', 'unmatched_algs', 'clean_cert_ids', 'st_references', 'web_references'].

    The state was updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'module_download_ok': True, 'policy_download_ok': True, 'policy_convert_garbage': False, 'policy_convert_ok': True, 'module_extract_ok': True, 'policy_extract_ok': True, 'policy_pdf_hash': '221e4a31395d760f1f77b5576eac6cdb02aff3f2e31b457cb3d24f1c6bc7594f', 'policy_txt_hash': 'c4e45a83ef5babd4256911d46610e6d5f066fc0c4a1bec9ff06b0858c1066ba0'}.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['sp_path', 'html_path', 'tables_done', 'file_status', 'txt_state'].
  • 07.12.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '1019', '568', '559', '1020']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '2457', '3095', '2355', '1331', '1338', '1581', '3544', '1971', '1333', '1922', '2978', '2408', '2317', '1933', '568', '1263', '2378', '1739', '2342', '1339', '1645', '3252', '1392', '2001', '1494', '1805', '1806', '2033', '3093', '1334', '1563', '1546', '1336', '1551', '1808', '3418', '2606', '2220', '559', '1901', '1337', '1332', '2477', '2212', '1329', '1321', '3289', '2844', '1328', '2354', '2353', '2319', '1569', '1565', '1146', '1020', '2657', '946', '2216', '1817', '2463', '1633', '1330', '1975', '2605', '2888', '3092', '1335', '3099', '2258', '2045', '2352', '1744', '1493', '2729', '2003', '1019', '2695', '1524', '1561', '2215', '2357', '2073', '2356', '1375', '1807']}}} data.
  • 05.11.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web extraction data was updated.

    • The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': []}.
  • 01.11.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}} data.
  • 31.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['696']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['696']}}} data.
  • 30.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['696']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['696']}}} data.
  • 29.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}} data.
  • 28.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__discard__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568']}}} data.
  • 25.10.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The PDF extraction data was updated.

    • The keywords property was updated, with the {'fips_certlike': {'__update__': {'Certlike': {'__insert__': {'#24 DES': 1}, '__delete__': ['SHA-1 Certificate #11', 'Certificate #24 DES']}}}, 'asymmetric_crypto': {'__update__': {'FF': {'__update__': {'DSA': {'__update__': {'DSA': 17}}}}}}, 'hash_function': {'__update__': {'SHA': {'__update__': {'SHA1': {'__update__': {'SHA-1': 12}}, 'SHA2': {'__delete__': ['SHA-2']}}, '__delete__': ['SHA3']}}}, 'crypto_scheme': {'__update__': {'MAC': {'__update__': {'MAC': 14}}}}, 'tee_name': {'__update__': {'IBM': {'__delete__': ['SE']}}}, 'standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-2': 15}, '__delete__': ['FIPS140', 'FIPS 140']}, 'RFC': {'RFC2144': 1, 'RFC2612': 1}}}} data.

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568', '697', '696']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['567', '568', '697', '696']}} data.

    The state was updated.

    • The tables_done property was set to True.
  • 17.07.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The _type was updated.

    • The new value is sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'clean_cert_ids': {}}.
    • The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics.
    • The keywords property was set to {}.
    • The algorithms property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': [{'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#1', 'algorithm_type': 'RSA', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#15', 'algorithm_type': 'AES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#34', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES MAC', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#11', 'algorithm_type': 'HMAC-SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#11', 'algorithm_type': 'DSA/SHA-1', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}, {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.fips_algorithm.FIPSAlgorithm', 'cert_id': '#34', 'algorithm_type': 'Triple-DES', 'vendor': None, 'implementation': None, 'date': None}]}.
    • The st_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.
    • The web_references property was updated, with the {'_type': 'sec_certs.sample.certificate.References'} data.

    The state was updated.

    • The _type property was set to sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['fragment_path'].
  • 14.06.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The pdf_scan was updated.

    • The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS #8': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'RFC[ ]*[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['RFC2144']}}}} data.

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The keywords property was updated, with the {'rules_cert_id': {}, 'rules_standard_id': {'__update__': {'FIPS ?(?:PUB )?[0-9]+-[0-9]+?': {'__update__': {'FIPS 140-2': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'PKCS[ #]*[1-9]+': {'__update__': {'PKCS #8': {'__update__': {'count': 1}}}}, 'RFC[ ]*[0-9]+?': {'__delete__': ['RFC2144']}}}} data.
  • 08.03.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web_scan was updated.

    • The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].

    The pdf_scan was updated.

    • The following properties were deleted: ['connections'].

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The following values were inserted: {'st_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}, 'web_references': {'_type': 'References', 'directly_referenced_by': None, 'indirectly_referenced_by': None, 'directly_referencing': None, 'indirectly_referencing': None}}.
    • The following properties were deleted: ['connections', 'directly_affected_by', 'indirectly_affected_by', 'directly_affecting', 'indirectly_affecting'].
  • 18.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The extracted_versions property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['2.0.0', '2.0.5', '2.0.4', '2.0.2']}.
    • The cpe_matches property was set to {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*', 'cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*']}.
  • 12.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The computed heuristics were updated.

    • The cpe_matches property was updated, with the [[1, 'cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*']] values inserted.
  • 02.02.2022 The certificate data changed.
    Certificate changed

    The web_scan was updated.

    • The module_type property was set to Hardware.
  • 30.01.2022 The certificate was first processed.
    New certificate

    A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

{
  "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate",
  "cert_id": 299,
  "dgst": "308831041ea4863c",
  "heuristics": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.Heuristics",
    "algorithms": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "Triple-DES#34",
        "AES#15",
        "Triple-DES MAC#34",
        "RSA#1",
        "DSA/SHA-1#11",
        "HMAC-SHA-1#11"
      ]
    },
    "cpe_matches": null,
    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": [
        "2.0.2",
        "2.0.5",
        "2.0.4",
        "2.0.0"
      ]
    },
    "indirect_transitive_cves": null,
    "module_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": null,
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": null,
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "module_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "policy_processed_references": {
      "_type": "sec_certs.sample.certificate.References",
      "directly_referenced_by": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": [
          "567",
          "568",
          "696",
          "697"
        ]
      },
      "directly_referencing": null,
      "indirectly_referenced_by": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": [
          "567",
          "568",
          "696",
          "697"
        ]
      },
      "indirectly_referencing": null
    },
    "policy_prunned_references": {
      "_type": "Set",
      "elements": []
    },
    "related_cves": null,
    "verified_cpe_matches": null
  },
  "pdf_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.PdfData",
    "keywords": {
      "asymmetric_crypto": {
        "FF": {
          "DSA": {
            "DSA": 17
          }
        }
      },
      "certification_process": {},
      "cipher_mode": {
        "CBC": {
          "CBC": 1
        },
        "ECB": {
          "ECB": 1
        }
      },
      "cplc_data": {},
      "crypto_engine": {},
      "crypto_library": {},
      "crypto_protocol": {
        "TLS": {
          "SSL": {
            "SSL": 2
          }
        }
      },
      "crypto_scheme": {
        "KEX": {
          "Key Exchange": 2
        },
        "MAC": {
          "MAC": 14
        }
      },
      "device_model": {},
      "ecc_curve": {},
      "eval_facility": {},
      "fips_cert_id": {
        "Cert": {
          "#1": 1,
          "#11": 2,
          "#15": 1,
          "#24": 2,
          "#34": 2,
          "#8": 2
        }
      },
      "fips_certlike": {
        "Certlike": {
          "#1 HMAC": 1,
          "#24 DES": 1,
          "AES Certificate #15": 1,
          "Certificate #11 RSA": 1,
          "Certificate #15 DES": 1,
          "DES Certificate #24": 1,
          "DES Certificate #34": 1,
          "HMAC SHA-1": 1,
          "PKCS #1": 2,
          "PKCS #8": 4,
          "SHA- 384": 1,
          "SHA-1": 12,
          "SHA-256": 3,
          "SHA-384": 2,
          "SHA-512": 3
        }
      },
      "fips_security_level": {
        "Level": {
          "level 2": 11,
          "level 3": 8
        }
      },
      "hash_function": {
        "MD": {
          "MD5": {
            "MD5": 3
          }
        },
        "RIPEMD": {
          "RIPEMD": 2,
          "RIPEMD160": 1
        },
        "SHA": {
          "SHA1": {
            "SHA-1": 12
          },
          "SHA2": {
            "SHA-256": 3,
            "SHA-384": 2,
            "SHA-512": 3
          }
        }
      },
      "ic_data_group": {},
      "javacard_api_const": {},
      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
      "pq_crypto": {},
      "randomness": {},
      "side_channel_analysis": {},
      "standard_id": {
        "FIPS": {
          "FIPS 140-2": 15
        },
        "PKCS": {
          "PKCS #1": 1,
          "PKCS #8": 2
        },
        "RFC": {
          "RFC2144": 1,
          "RFC2612": 1
        }
      },
      "symmetric_crypto": {
        "AES_competition": {
          "AES": {
            "AES": 7
          },
          "CAST": {
            "CAST": 14
          },
          "RC": {
            "RC4": 1
          },
          "Serpent": {
            "Serpent": 7
          },
          "Twofish": {
            "Twofish": 7
          }
        },
        "DES": {
          "DES": {
            "DES": 34
          }
        },
        "constructions": {
          "MAC": {
            "HMAC": 8
          }
        },
        "miscellaneous": {
          "Blowfish": {
            "Blowfish": 7
          },
          "SEED": {
            "SEED": 7
          }
        }
      },
      "tee_name": {
        "IBM": {
          "Secure Execution": 1
        }
      },
      "tls_cipher_suite": {},
      "vendor": {},
      "vulnerability": {}
    },
    "policy_metadata": {
      "/CreationDate": "D:20040116104854Z",
      "/Creator": "FrameMaker 6.0",
      "/ModDate": "D:20040123110415-05\u002700\u0027",
      "/Producer": "Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Windows",
      "/Title": "Untitled Document",
      "pdf_file_size_bytes": 287738,
      "pdf_hyperlinks": {
        "_type": "Set",
        "elements": [
          "http://www.ncipher.com"
        ]
      },
      "pdf_is_encrypted": false,
      "pdf_number_of_pages": 32
    }
  },
  "state": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.InternalState",
    "module_download_ok": true,
    "module_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_convert_garbage": false,
    "policy_convert_ok": true,
    "policy_download_ok": true,
    "policy_extract_ok": true,
    "policy_pdf_hash": "221e4a31395d760f1f77b5576eac6cdb02aff3f2e31b457cb3d24f1c6bc7594f",
    "policy_txt_hash": "c4e45a83ef5babd4256911d46610e6d5f066fc0c4a1bec9ff06b0858c1066ba0"
  },
  "web_data": {
    "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.WebData",
    "caveat": "When operated in FIPS mode",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/140crt299.pdf",
    "date_sunset": null,
    "description": "The nCipher nShield \"SEE Ready\" range of Hardware Security Modules improves the security of cryptographic keys, security sensitive software applications and increases server throughput of secure transactions in Public Key Infrastructure and other high integrity applications such as: Certificate Authorities, Registration Authorities, Government and Financial Institutions.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": [
      "Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2 or 3*",
      "EMI/EMC: Level 3",
      "Cryptographic Module Ports and Interfaces: Level 2 or 3*",
      "Cryptographic Key Management: Level 2 or 3*",
      "*Level conditional on configuration as per Security Policy"
    ],
    "fw_versions": "2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4 and 2.0.5",
    "historical_reason": "Moved to historical list due to sunsetting",
    "hw_versions": "nC4022W-150, nC4022W-400 and nC4122W-400, Build Standard DR",
    "level": 2,
    "mentioned_certs": {},
    "module_name": "nShield F2 SCSI, nShield F2 Ultrasign SCSI and nShield F2 Ultrasign 32 SCSI",
    "module_type": "Hardware",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-2",
    "status": "historical",
    "sw_versions": null,
    "tested_conf": null,
    "validation_history": [
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2003-03-07",
        "lab": "DOMUS",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      },
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2003-05-09",
        "lab": "",
        "validation_type": "Update"
      },
      {
        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2004-01-23",
        "lab": "",
        "validation_type": "Update"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "nCipher Corporation Ltd.",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.ncipher.com"
  }
}