This page compares and provides details about Dell BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition (CCME), Micro Edition Suite (MES), BSAFE Crypto-Module (BCM) and Crypto-J cryptographic implementation capabilities.
Contents
- FIPS 140 Validation
- Asymmetric key algorithms
- Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) support
- Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) Support
- Digest Algorithms
- Message Authentication Code (MAC) Algorithms
- Block Cipher Algorithms
- Block Cipher Modes
- Stream Cipher Algorithms
- Processor Algorithm Acceleration (PAA) and Processor Algorithm Implementation (PAI) Support
- Format-Preserving Encryption Modes
- Operating Systems supported (past and present support)
FIPS 140 Validation
See
FIPS 140 status of BSAFE cryptographic modules for more details about tde status of different validations.
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME |
Crypto-J |
FIPS 140 mode |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FIPS 140-2 validated |
No |
Yes a |
Yes b |
FIPS 140-3 validated |
Implementation under test c |
No |
Implementation under test c |
a NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program and Certificates for CCME
b NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program and Certificates for Crypto-J
c NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program - Implementation Under Test
Key Operations
Key operations include key generation, key exchange agreements and asymmetric key algorithms.
Asymmetric key algorithms
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
RSA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
DSA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ECDSA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
EdDSA |
No |
No |
No |
Ed448 |
No |
No |
No |
DH |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ECDH |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ElGamal |
No |
No |
No |
NTRU (IEEE P1363.1) |
No |
No |
No |
DSS |
No |
No |
No |
Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) support
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
NIST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SECG |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
ECC Brainpool |
No |
No |
No |
Curve25519 |
No |
No |
No |
Curve448 |
No |
No |
No |
GOST R 34.10 a |
No |
No |
No |
SM2 |
No |
No |
No |
a RFC 7091
Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) Support
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
PKCS #1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PKCS #5b / PBKDF2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PKCS #8 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PKCS #12 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
IEEE P1363 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
ASN.1 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
b RFC 8018
Digest Algorithms
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
MD5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SHA-1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SHA-2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SHA-3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SHAKE128 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
SHAKE256 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
RIPEMD-160 |
No |
No |
Yes |
Tiger |
No |
No |
No |
Whirlpool |
No |
No |
No |
BLAKE2 |
No |
No |
No |
GOST R 34.11-94a (aka GOST 34.311-95) |
No |
Yes |
No |
GOST R 34.11-2012 (Stribog)b |
No |
No |
No |
SM3 |
No |
No |
No |
a RFC 5831
b RFC 6986
Message Authentication Code (MAC) Algorithms
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
HMAC-MD5 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
HMAC-SHA1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
HMAC-SHA2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Poly1305-AES |
No |
No |
Yes |
BLAKE2-MAC |
No |
No |
No |
Block Cipher Algorithms
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
AES |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3DES |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Camellia |
No |
Yes |
No |
Blowfish |
No |
No |
No |
Twofish |
No |
No |
No |
IDEA |
No |
No |
No |
CAST5 |
No |
No |
No |
ARIA |
No |
Yes |
No |
GOST 28147-89b / GOST R 34.12-2015 (Magmac and Kuznyechikd) |
No |
Partiala |
No |
SM4 |
No |
No |
No |
a Micro Edition Suite only supports GOST 28147-89, but not GOST R 34.12-2015.
b RFC 5830
c RFC 8891
d RFC 7801
Block Cipher Modes
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
ECB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CBC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
OFB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CFB |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CTR |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
CCM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
GCM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
OCB |
No |
No |
No |
XTS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
AES-Wrap |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stream |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
EAX |
Yes |
No |
No |
Stream Cipher Algorithms
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
RC4 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
HC-256 |
No |
No |
No |
Rabbit |
No |
No |
No |
Salsa20 |
No |
No |
No |
ChaCha |
No |
No |
Yes |
SEAL |
No |
No |
No |
Panama |
No |
No |
No |
WAKE |
No |
No |
No |
Grain |
No |
No |
No |
VMPC |
No |
No |
No |
ISAAC |
No |
No |
No |
Processor Algorithm Acceleration (PAA) and Processor Algorithm Implementation (PAI) Support
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
AES-NI |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
SSSE3/SSE4.1 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
AVX/AVX2 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
RDRAND |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
VIA PadLock |
No |
No |
No |
Intel QuickAssist |
No |
No |
No |
ARMv7-A NEON |
No |
No |
No |
ARMv8-A cryptography instructions |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Power ISA v2.03 (AltiVeca) |
No |
No |
No |
Power ISA v2.07 (e.g., POWER8 and latera) |
No |
No |
No |
Format-Preserving Encryption Modes
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
BPS |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
FF1 |
No |
No |
No |
FF3 |
No; |
No |
No |
FF3-1 |
No |
No |
No |
Operating Systems supported (past and present support)
Implementation |
BCM |
CCME and MES |
Crypto-J |
Current Support |
Windows 64-bit, Linux 32 and 64-bit, Dell EMC PowerMaxOS |
Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, 32 and 64-bit Windows |
Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, AIX, 32 and 64-bit Windows |
No longer supported |
|
Tru64, Android, macOS, iOS, VxWorks |
Android, macOS |