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CA API Gateway ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000510-ALG-000025
The CA API Gateway providing encryption intermediary services must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate cryptographic hashes.
The CA API Gateway providing encryption intermediary services must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate cryptographic hashes.
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The CA API Gateway providing encryption intermediary services must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to generate cryptographic hashes.
Medium Severity
Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The network element must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated. This requirement applies only to ALGs that provide encryption intermediary services (e.g., HTTPS, TLS, or DNSSEC). The CA API Gateway uses the RSA BSAFE Crypto-J Software Module for cryptographic hashing, which is validated to FIPS 140-2 overall Level 1 when operated in FIPS mode. FIPS mode is not enabled by default and must be enabled on the CA API Gateway. Hashing algorithms used in signature operations are configured as per the assertion in the policy.