VMware’s Linux Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #3825
Status historical
Historical reason Moved to historical list due to sunsetting
Validation dates 24.02.2021 , 29.12.2022
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode
Exceptions
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description VMware's Linux Cryptographic Module is a general purpose cryptographic implementation in the kernel of Photon OS that provides FIPS Approved functionalities to various applications.
Tested configurations
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 6.7 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 with PAA
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 6.7 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 without PAA
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 with PAA
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 without PAA (single-user mode)
Vendor VMware, Inc. http://www.vmware.com
Lab Lightship Security, Inc.
Algorithms
References

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Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES-, DES, TDEA, Triple-DES, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-224, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, HMAC-SHA-512
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECC, Diffie-Hellman
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-224
Schemes
Key Agreement
Protocols
SSH, IPsec
Randomness
DRBG, RNG
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM, XTS

Security level
Level 1

Title Security Policy
Subject FIPS 140-2 Security Policy Template
Author Manoj Maskara
Creation date D:20221223104803-05'00'
Modification date D:20221223104803-05'00'
Pages 19
Creator Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

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Raw data

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