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RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4470 · Dell Inc., BSAFE Product Team · data as of 2026-09-12

RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition, from Dell Inc., BSAFE Product Team, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4470 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.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode. When entropy is externally loaded, no assurance of the minimum strength of generated keys

Certificate

Certificate number4470
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Stand Alone
VendorDell Inc., BSAFE Product Team · website
Software versions4.1.4

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
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 3

Approved algorithms (14)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AESC584
CKGvendor affirmed
CVLC584
DRBGC584
DSAC584
ECDSAC584
HMACC584
KBKDFC584
KDAvendor affirmed
KTS
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSAC584
SHA-3C584
SHSC584

Allowed algorithms

MD5; NDRNG; RSA (key unwrapping; key establishment methodology provides between 112 and 256 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • 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 (64-bit) (single-user mode)

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2023-04-11InitialLeidos 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: 2023-04-11

Source documents