Certificate 966 - nShield F3 500, nShield F3 500 for NetHSM and nShield F3 10 PCI
intCertNum 966
strVendorName nCipher Corporation Ltd.
strURL http://www.nCipher.com
strAddress1 92 Montvale Ave
strAddress2 Suite 4500
strAddress3
strCity Stoneham
strStateProv MA
strPostalCode 02180
strCountry 02180
strContact sales@ncipher.com
strEmail sales@ncipher.com
strPhone 800-NCIPHER
strFax 781-994-4001
strContact2
strEmail2
strFax2
strPhone2
intCertNum 966
strModuleName nShield F3 500, nShield F3 500 for NetHSM and nShield F3 10 PCI
strPartNumber Hardware Versions: nC4033P-500, nC4033P-500N and nC4033P-10, Build Standard N;
Firmware Version: 2.33.60-3
memModuleNotes When operated in FIPS mode
str140Version 140-2
_sp_ Security Policy   [pdf][html][txt]
_cert_ Certificate   [pdf][txt]
strPURL http://www.ncipher.com/cryptographic_hardware/hardware_security_modules/8/nshield
strModuleType Hardware
strValidationDate 06/24/2008
intOverallLevel 3
memIndividualLevelNotes
strFIPSAlgorithms AES (Cert. #599);
AES GCM (Cert. #599, vendor affirmed);
Triple-DES (Cert. #570);
Triple-DES MAC (Triple-DES Cert. #570, vendor affirmed);
DSA (Cert. #233);
ECDSA (Cert. #64);
SHS (Cert. #648);
HMAC (Cert. #309);
RSA (Cert. #274);
RNG (Cert. #340)
strOtherAlgorithms ARC FOUR;
Aria;
Camellia;
CAST 6;
DES;
MD5;
SEED;
HMAC-MD5, HMAC-Tiger, HMAC-RIPEMD160;
RIPEMD 160;
Tiger;
El-Gamal;
KCDSA;
HAS 160;
Diffie-Hellman (key agreement: key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength;
non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength);
EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement: key establishment methodology provides 192 bits of encryption strength);
RSA (key wrapping;
key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength;
non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength), ECMQV (key agreement: key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength;
non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength)
strConfiguration Multi-chip embedded
memModuleDescription The nCipher modules: nShield F3 500, Shield F3 500 for NetHSM, and nShield 10 family of secure e-commerce HSM's are multi-tasking hardware modules that is optimized for performing modular arithmetic on very large integers. The nCipher modules are FIPS 140-2 level 3 embedded devices. The units are identical in operation and only vary in the processing speed.
intModuleCount 1
memAdditionalNotes
strFirstValidtionDate 06/24/08 00:00:00
strLabName DOMUS
strValidationYear 2008