RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition, from Dell Inc, BSAFE Product Team, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4197 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. When entropy is externally loaded, no assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys
Certificate
| Certificate number | 4197 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-2 |
| Status | historical |
| Overall level | 1 |
| Module type | Software |
| Embodiment | Multi-Chip Stand Alone |
| Vendor | Dell Inc, BSAFE Product Team · website |
| Software versions | 4.1.4 |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Crypto-C Micro Edition (ME) Module is RSA's cryptographic library designed for securing mobile devices like wireless phones and personal digital assistants. It contains assembly-level optimizations on key wireless processors. Its functionality includes a wide range of data encryption and signing algorithms, including Triple-DES, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm, the RSA Public Key Cryptosystem, the DSA government signature algorithm, MD5 and SHA1 message digest routines, and more.
Security level exceptions
- Cryptographic Module Specification: Level 3
- Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
- Physical Security: N/A
- Design Assurance: Level 3
Approved algorithms (15)
| Algorithm | CAVP certificates |
|---|---|
| AES | C584 |
| CKG | vendor affirmed |
| CVL | C584 |
| DRBG | C584 |
| DSA | C584 |
| ECDSA | C584 |
| HMAC | C584 |
| KBKDF | C584 |
| KDF | vendor affirmed |
| KTS | vendor affirmed |
| PBKDF | vendor affirmed |
| RSA | C584 |
| SHA-3 | C584 |
| SHS | C584 |
| Triple-DES | C584 |
Allowed algorithms
MD5; NDRNG; RSA (CVL Cert. #C584, key wrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)
Tested configurations
- AIX 6.1 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8284 - 22A (32-bit)
- AIX 6.1 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8284 - 22A (64-bit)
- AIX 7.2 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8231 - E2B (32-bit)
- AIX 7.2 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8231 - E2B (64-bit)
- Android 6.0 running on Google Nexus 5X with Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
- Android 8.0 running on Google Pixel with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
- FreeBSD 11.2 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA
- FreeBSD 11.2 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA
- HP-UX 11.31 running on an HP 9000 rp3410 with HP PA-8800 (32-bit)
- HP-UX 11.31 running on an HP 9000 rp3410 with HP PA-8800 (64-bit)
- HP-UX 11.31 running on an HP Integrity RX2620 with Intel Itanium 2 (32-bit)
- HP-UX 11.31 running on an HP Integrity RX2620 with Intel Itanium 2 (64-bit)
- iOS 10 running on an iPhone 5C with Apple A6
- iOS 11 running on an iPad Pro 9.7 with Apple A9X
- macOS 10.12 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 with PAA
- macOS 10.12 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 without PAA
- macOS 10.13 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 with PAA
- macOS 10.13 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 without PAA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 on z/VM 6.0 running on an IBM zEnterprise 196 with IBM s390x (31-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 on z/VM 6.0 running on an IBM zEnterprise 196 with IBM s390x (64-bit)
- Solaris 10 Update 11 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA
- Solaris 11.4 running on a Solaris 11 LDOM on Oracle SPARC T4-2 (Sun C 5.13 32-bit v8+)
- Solaris 11.4 running on a Solaris 11 LDOM on Oracle SPARC T4-2 (Sun C 5.13 64-bit v9)
- Solaris 11.4 running on a Solaris 11 LDOM on Oracle SPARC T4-2 (Sun C 5.8 32-bit v8)
- Solaris 11.4 running on a VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 on HP Integrity RX2600 with Intel Itanium 2 (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8231 - E2B (32-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8231 - E2B (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 on PowerVM Virtual I/O Server 2.2.6.21 running on an IBM Power 8284 - 22A (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (32-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (32-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (64-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 running on SoftIron Overdrive 1000 with ARM CORTEX A57 (AMD OPTERON A1100)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running on a Beagle Bone Black with ARM Cortex A8
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MD)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MT)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MD)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 with PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MT)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MD)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MT)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MD)
- Windows 10 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Dell R630 with Intel Xeon E5-2620 without PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (x64) on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (x64) on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MD)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MD)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MD)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MT)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MD)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MT)
- Windows 8.1 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA
- Windows 8.1 Enterprise on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MD)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MT)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2005 /MD)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 SP1 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MT)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 on HP Integrity RX2620 with Intel Itanium 2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MD)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MD)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MT)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2010 /MD)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2013 /MD)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (Visual Studio 2017 /MT)
- Windows Server 2016 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 with PAA
- Windows Server 2016 on VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 running on a Cisco C220 M3 with Intel Xeon E5-2650 without PAA (single-user mode)
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-18 | Initial | 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 at the time of the earliest snapshot
- 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
- Validation dates on record: 2022-04-18