What is FIPS device?

What is FIPS device?

The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2, (FIPS PUB 140-2), is a U.S. government computer security standard used to approve cryptographic modules. The title is Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. Initial publication was on May 25, 2001, and was last updated December 3, 2002.

What is NetScaler FIPS?

FIPS 140 specifies the security requirements for a cryptographic module utilized in a security system. It is the standard that applies to the FIPS-enabled NetScaler MPX appliances, which use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to secure application transactions and Internet communication.

Is Citrix FIPS compliant?

Citrix ADC VPX is validated for FIPS 140-2 Level 1 by NIST (Certificate #3732).

What is MPX in NetScaler?

Citrix NetScaler MPX appliance is a high performance, hardware-based solution that provides industry-leading web application delivery and load balancing, as well as enabling a full service delivery fabric that spans enterprise datacenters and cloud infrastructures to make applications and cloud services run five times …

How safe is FIPS 140-2?

FIPS 140-2 Security Level 4 provides the highest degree of protection. According to FIPS 140-2, the physical security mechanisms at Security Level 4 provide a complete envelope of protection intended to detect and respond to all unauthorized physical attacks.

How is ShareFile secure?

ShareFile employs TLS protocols with up to 256-bit encryption to protect client authentication, authorization and file transfers (data in transit). To protect files at rest, ShareFile stores client files using AES 256-bit encryption in addition to unique per-file keys.

What is MPX and VPX?

The two main difference between NetScaler MPX and NetScaler VPX are system capacity and performance. The NetScaler VPX virtual appliance can terminate sessions, but unlike NetScaler hardware appliances, the associated processing isn’t offloaded to dedicated hardware.

Is FIPS NSA approved?

The NSA does use FIPS-approved algorithms and FIPS-140-2-validated cryptographic modules, however.

What are the specs of the Citrix ADC MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500?

The Citrix ADC MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500 are 2U appliances, each with 2 quad-core processors, and 16 GB of memory. All these appliances are also available in a 10G model and a FIPS model. The following figure shows the front panel of the MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500.

What components are on the back panel of the MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500?

The following components are visible on the back panel of the MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500, including the 10G model and FIPS model: Four GB removable CompactFlash Card that is used to store the Citrix ADC software. Power Switch, which turns off power to the appliance, as if you were to unplug the power supply.

What is RJ45 port on MPX?

Two 10/100/1000Base-T copper Ethernet Management Ports (RJ45), numbered 0/1 and 0/2 from left to right. These ports are used to connect directly to the appliance for system administration functions. MPX 9700/10500/12500/15500.