VMware's BC-FJA (Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API)
VMware's BC-FJA (Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API), from VMware, Inc., holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3673 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 installed, initialized and configured as specified in the Security Policy Section 3 and operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy.
Certificate
| Certificate number | 3673 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | VMware, Inc. · website |
| Software versions | 1.0.2.1, 1.0.2.2, 1.0.2.3 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
VMware’s 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 (15)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| DRBG | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| DSA | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| ECDSA | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| HMAC | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| KAS-SSC | vendor affirmed |
| KBKDF | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| KTS | vendor affirmed |
| PBKDF | vendor affirmed |
| RSA | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| SHA-3 | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| SHS | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
| TDES | A2054, A2841, C2205 |
Allowed algorithms
NDRNG; MD5; RSA (CVL Cert. #C2205, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 150 and 256 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- CentOS 8 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Photon OS 3.0 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330
- Photon OS 4.0 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 8.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R650 with Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (single user mode)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Ubuntu 16.04 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Ubuntu 16.04 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Ubuntu 18.04 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Ubuntu 18.04 with JDK 11 running on Dell Latitude E7470 with Intel Core i5
- Ubuntu 18.04 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- VMware Photon OS 2.0 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- VMware Photon OS 2.0 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- VMware Photon OS 3.0 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- VMware Photon OS 3.0 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Windows 10 with JDK 11 running on Dell Latitude E7470 with Intel Core i5
- Windows Server 2016 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Windows Server 2016 with JDK 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Windows Server 2019 with JDK 11 on VMware ESXi 7.0 running on Dell PowerEdge R740 with Intel Xeon Gold 6126
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-22 | Initial | Acumen Security |
| 2021-05-14 | Update | Acumen Security |
| 2024-03-07 | 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: 2020-06-22, 2021-05-14, 2024-03-07