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RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C Micro Edition (ME)

FIPS 140-2 certificate #608 · RSA, The Security Division of EMC · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. RNG SP800-131A Revision 1 Transition. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
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Certificate

Certificate number608
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level1
Module typeSoftware
EmbodimentMulti-chip standalone
VendorRSA, The Security Division of EMC · website
Software versions2.0

Module description

The Crypto-C Micro Edition (ME) Module is RSA Security Inc.'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.

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES303
CCM7
DSA143
ECDSA11
HMAC113
RNG130
RSA96
SHS380
Triple-DES378

Other algorithms

MD2; MD5; HMAC MD5; DES; DES40; RC2; RC4; RC5; ECAES (non-compliant); ECDRBG (non-compliant); RSA (key wrapping, key establishment methodology provides at least 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); Diffie-Hellman (key agreement, key establishment methodology provides at least 112 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength); EC Diffie-Hellman (key agreement, key establishment methodology provides between 112 bits and 285 bits of encryption strength; non-compliant less than 112 bits of encryption strength)

Tested configurations

  • HP-UX 11.11 PA-RISC 2.0
  • HP-UX 11.23 Itanium 2
  • HP-UX 11.23 PA-RISC 2.0W
  • IBM AIX 5L 5.3
  • Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3.0
  • Red Hat Linux 7.2
  • Solaris 8 (Sun OS 5.8) Sparc V8
  • Solaris 8 (Sun OS 5.8) Sparc V8+
  • Solaris 8 (Sun OS 5.8) Sparc V9
  • VxWorks 5.4 PPC 604
  • VxWorks 5.5 PPC 603
  • VxWorks 5.5 PPC 604

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2005-12-13InitialSAIC-VA
2008-01-04Update
2008-10-16Update
2010-09-07UpdateSAIC-VA
2011-03-28UpdateSAIC-VA
2013-01-24Update

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: 2005-12-13, 2008-01-04, 2008-10-16, 2010-09-07, 2011-03-28, 2013-01-24

Source documents