> Tyler Durden[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes: > > > Apparently a new Crypto chip from nCipher. > What's the C-punks view on this standard--FIPS 140-2 Level 3? Anyone have > a > link to this document? > > REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Ingrian Networks, the leader in Active Application > > Security solutions, announced it has extended its strategic relationship > with nCipher Inc. (LSE:NCH), a leading provider of cryptographic IT > security > solutions, to empower customers with a new, unsurpassed level of > protection > for information delivered across the Internet. As a result of this > collaboration, Ingrian now delivers the highest level of SSL security and > private key protection available in a single security platform. > > It's at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf
Level 3 requires active response to attack - zeroizing data, for example. It also requires identity checks on operators, and loading of keys either encrypted, or through a separate port. It's an interesting document, and it would be nice to have this level of security in more hardware. Peter
