WatchGuard Firebox M4800 and M5800

Certificate details

Certificate ID #5240
Status active
Validation dates 13.04.2026
Sunset date 12-04-2031
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 2
Type Hardware
Embodiment MultiChipStand
Caveat When operated in approved mode. When installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section Secure Operation in Section 11 of the Security Policy. The tamper evident seals installed as indicated in the Security Policy
Exceptions
  • Roles, services, and authentication: Level 3
  • Operational environment: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
  • Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Description WatchGuard® Firebox appliances are built for enterprise-grade performance with blazing throughput and numerous connectivity options. Advanced networking features include clustering, high availability (active/active), VLAN support, multi-WAN load balancing and enhanced VoIP security, plus inbound and outbound HTTPS inspection, to give the strong security enterprises need. And the Firebox appliances are completely configurable – turn on or off components and services to fit different network security deployment requirements.
Vendor WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. http://www.watchguard.com
Lab Gossamer Security Solutions
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Extracted keywords

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-, AES-256, AES-128, AES256, CAST, DES, Triple-DES, HMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA 2048, ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, DH, Diffie-Hellman
Hash functions
SHA-1, MD5
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
SSH, SSHv2, TLS, TLS v1.2, TLS v1.3, TLSv1.2, TLS 1.3, TLSv1.3, IKEv1, IKEv2, IKE, IPsec, VPN
Randomness
DRBG, RBG
Elliptic Curves
Curve P-256, P-256, P-384, P-521
Block cipher modes
CTR, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC

Security level
Level 2, Level 1
Certification process
out of scope, of the TELs as depicted below and any additional requirement per the site security policy which are out of scope of this Security Policy. Tamper evident labels shall be applied for the module to operate in an

Author Hawes, David J. (Fed)
Creation date D:20260413112650-04'00'
Modification date D:20260413112944-04'00'
Pages 84
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 25 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 25.1.231

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