VMware's BoringCrypto Module

Certificate #4694

Webpage information ?

Status active
Validation dates 24.04.2024
Sunset date 21-09-2026
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys.
Exceptions
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Description VMware’s BoringCrypto Module is a versatile software library that implements and provides FIPS 140-2 Approved cryptographic functionalities to various VMware products and services.
Tested configurations
  • Amazon Linux 2 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Amazon Linux 2 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Amazon Linux 2023 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Amazon Linux 2023 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Photon OS 4.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Photon OS 4.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Photon OS 5.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Photon OS 5.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • RHEL 8.2 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • RHEL 8.2 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell Precision 5550 with Intel® Core I7 with PAA
  • Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell Precision 5550 with Intel® Core I7 without PAA
  • Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
  • VMware ESXi 8.0U3 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA
  • VMware ESXi 8.0U3 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel® Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA
Vendor Broadcom Inc.
References

This certificate's webpage directly references 0 certificates, transitively this expands into 0 certificates.

Security policy ?

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-256, DES, Triple-DES, TDEA, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-512
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, ECC, DH, Diffie-Hellman
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, MD4, MD5
Schemes
MAC, Key Agreement
Protocols
SSL, TLS, TLS 1.0, TLS v1.2
Randomness
DRBG
Libraries
BoringSSL
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, Curve P-256
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, CFB, OFB, GCM, CCM

Trusted Execution Environments
SSC
Vendor
Broadcom, Broadcom Inc, Cisco

Security level
Level 1

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS 140, FIPS 197, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 180-4, FIPS PUB 140-2, SP 800-38A, SP 800-38C, SP 800-38D, SP 800-38F, SP 800-67, SP 800-135, NIST SP 800-133, NIST SP 800-90A, SP 800-90A, NIST SP 800-52, NIST SP 800-38D, NIST SP 800-131A, SP 800-133, RFC 2313, RFC 5288, RFC 5246

File metadata

Title Security Policy
Subject FIPS 140-2 Security Policy Template
Author Manoj Maskara
Creation date D:20240410175853-07'00'
Modification date D:20240410175921-07'00'
Pages 31
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 24 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 24.1.149

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

  • 04.07.2024 The certificate was first processed.
    New certificate

    A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

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      "Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A"
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    "tested_conf": [
      "Amazon Linux 2 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Amazon Linux 2 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Amazon Linux 2023 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Amazon Linux 2023 OS on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Photon OS 3.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Photon OS 4.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Photon OS 4.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Photon OS 5.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Photon OS 5.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "RHEL 8.2 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "RHEL 8.2 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell Precision 5550 with Intel\u00ae Core I7 with PAA",
      "Ubuntu 20.04 running on Dell Precision 5550 with Intel\u00ae Core I7 without PAA",
      "Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "Ubuntu 22.04 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA",
      "VMware ESXi 8.0U3 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 with PAA",
      "VMware ESXi 8.0U3 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel\u00ae Xeon Gold 6330 without PAA"
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        "date": "2024-04-24",
        "lab": "ACUMEN SECURITY, LLC",
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