RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C
Certificate
| Certificate number | 163 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-1 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-chip standalone |
| Vendor | RSA, The Security Division of EMC · website |
| Software versions | 5.2.1 |
Module description
The RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Module version 5.2.1 is a software development kit that allows software and hardware developers to incorporate encryption technologies directly into their products. It provides a variety of cryptographic services to calling applications that are documented in RSA’s RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Security Components for C Library Reference Manual. RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C is a C-language API available as a static library, a dynamic library and as source code.
Security level exceptions
- Operating System Security: Tested as meeting Level 1 with Windows 98 (single user mode)
Approved algorithms
Other algorithms
DES (Cert. #131); RSA Encryption; MD; MD5; HMAC SHA-1; HMAC MD5; AES (Rijndael); DESX; RC2; RC4; RC6; Elliptic Curve (F2&Fp); Elliptic Curve Encryption Scheme; EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement); Bloom-Shamir; Diffie-Hellman (key agreement)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-08-15 | Initial | SAIC-VA |
| 2001-08-27 | Update | |
| 2008-01-04 | Update | |
| 2008-10-16 | Update | |
| 2010-09-07 | Update | SAIC-VA |
| 2011-03-28 | Update | SAIC-VA |
| 2013-01-24 | Update | |
| 2016-02-12 | Update | Leidos Accredited Testing & Evaluation (AT&E) Lab |
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: 2001-08-15, 2001-08-27, 2008-01-04, 2008-10-16, 2010-09-07, 2011-03-28, 2013-01-24, 2016-02-12