VMware BC-FJA (Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API)
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. No assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3185 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | VMware, Inc. · website |
| Software versions | 1.0.0 |
Module description
The VMware BC-FJA (Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API) is a software cryptographic module that provides cryptographic functions and services to various VMware applications via a well-defined Java-language application programming interface (API).
Security level exceptions
- Physical Security: N/A
Approved algorithms
| Algorithm | CAVP certificate |
|---|---|
| AES | 5365 |
| CVL | 1831, 1832, 1833 |
| DRBG | 2076 |
| DSA | 1386 |
| ECDSA | 1415 |
| HMAC | 3553 |
| KAS | 177 |
| KAS | vendor affirmed |
| KBKDF | 194 |
| KTS | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | |
| KTS | |
| PBKDF | vendor affirmed |
| RSA | 2870 |
| SHA-3 | 42 |
| SHS | 4307 |
| Triple-DES | 2709 |
Allowed algorithms
Diffie-Hellman (CVL Cert. #1831, key agreement; key establishment methodology provides 112 bits of encryption strength); MD5; RSA (key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides 112 or 128 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on BLUX 4.9 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on BLUX 4.9 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows 10 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows 10 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620 (single-user mode)Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 1.0 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 1.0 on ESXi 6.7 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 1.0 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 2.0 on ESXi 6.7 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 2.0 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on PhotonOS 2.0 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on SLES 12 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on SLES 12 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Ubuntu 16.04 on ESXi 6.7 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Ubuntu 16.04 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Ubuntu 16.04 on VMWare ESXi 6.5 running on Dell PowerEdge T620
- Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8.0) on Windows Server 2016 on ESXi 6.7 running on Dell PowerEdge T620 (single-user mode)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-23 | Initial | CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc |
| 2018-10-12 | Update | CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Inc |
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: 2018-05-23, 2018-10-12