VMware's ESXboot Cryptographic Module

Certificate details

Certificate ID #4442
Status active
Validation dates 23.02.2023 , 04.04.2024
Sunset date 22-02-2028
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description VMware’s ESXboot Cryptographic Module provides FIPS 140-3 Approved cryptographic services for verifying the integrity of ESXi during the boot process.
Tested configurations
  • UEFI 2.5 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126
  • UEFI 2.7 running on a Dell PowerEdge R740 with an Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230R
  • UEFI 2.7 running on a Lenovo ThinkSystem HR350A with an Ampere Computing eMAG
Vendor VMware, Inc. http://www.vmware.com
Lab Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab
Algorithms
  • HMAC-SHA2-224A1357
  • HMAC-SHA2-256A1357
  • HMAC-SHA2-384A1357
  • HMAC-SHA2-512A1357
  • RSA SigVer (FIPS186-4)A1357
  • SHA2-224A1357
  • SHA2-256A1357
  • SHA2-384A1357
  • SHA2-512A1357
References

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Certificate
Webpage

Security policy

Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-224
Hash functions
SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-224, SHA-256

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP

Security level
Level 1

Creation date D:20230214151058-05'00'
Modification date D:20230214151058-05'00'
Pages 21

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Raw data

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