Blue Coat Reverse Proxy Virtual Appliance
Blue Coat Reverse Proxy Virtual Appliance, from Symantec, A Division of Broadcom, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3177 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. This validation entry is a non-security relevant modification to Cert. #3077
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3177 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Symantec, A Division of Broadcom · website |
| Software versions | 6.7.2, 6.7.4.601, 6.7.5 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Blue Coat Reverse Proxy physical and virtual appliances provide a termination point where deep inspection for malware and mission-critical policy is applied to inbound traffic. The Reverse Proxy physical and virtual appliances give organizations the ability to govern traffic and payloads on a wide variety of parameters, including location, devices, clients, software, protocols, and more. It can be used with either public-facing or internally facing web servers.
Security level exceptions
- Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
- Physical Security: N/A
- Design Assurance: Level 3
- Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A
Approved algorithms (10)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | 4596 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | 1265, 1267 |
| DRBG | 1541 |
| HMAC | 3046, 3047 |
| KAS-SSC | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | |
| RSA | 2506, 2507 |
| SHS | 3772, 3773 |
| Triple-DES | 2446 |
Allowed algorithms
MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key wrapping, key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 150 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- SGOS v6.7.2, SGOS v6.7.4.601 and SGOS v6.7.5 on Vmware ESXi 6.0 running on a Dell PowerEdge R830 Server
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-26 | Initial | Acumen Security |
| 2021-02-16 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2022-05-27 | Update | Acumen Security |
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: 2018-04-26, 2021-02-16, 2022-05-27