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McAfee Web Gateway WBG-5000-C and WBG-5500-C Appliances

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2523 · Intel Corporation · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section Secure Operation. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number2523
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorIntel Corporation · website
Hardware versionsWBG-5000-C and WBG-5500-C
Firmware versions7.3.2.3.4

Module description

The McAfee Web Gateway is a high-performance, enterprise-strength proxy security appliance family that provides the caching, authentication, administration, authorization controls and deep-level content security filtering required by today's most demanding enterprises. McAfee Web Gateway WBG-5000-C and WBG-5500-C Appliances deliver scalable deployment flexibility and performance. McAfee Web Gateway WBG-5000-C and WBG-5500-C Appliances deliver comprehensive security for all aspects of Web 2.0 traffic.

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3116
CVL378
DRBG627
DSA900
HMAC1953
RSA1587
SHS2572
Triple-DES1787

Other algorithms

Diffie-Hellman (key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength); NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2016-01-05InitialEWA - Canada

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2016-01-05

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