<s>
Dell	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
RSA	B-Protocol
BSAFE	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
a	O
FIPS	O
140-2	O
validated	O
cryptography	O
library	B-Library
,	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
C	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
.	I-Language
</s>
<s>
BSAFE	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
created	O
by	O
RSA	O
Security	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
EMC	O
and	O
then	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
by	O
Dell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Dell	O
sold	O
the	O
RSA	O
business	O
to	O
Symphony	O
Technology	O
Group	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
Dell	O
elected	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSAFE	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
encryption	O
toolkits	O
before	O
the	O
RSA	O
patent	O
expired	O
in	O
September	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contained	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
RCx	O
ciphers	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
one	O
being	O
RC4	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2004	O
to	O
2013	O
the	O
default	O
random	O
number	O
generator	O
in	O
the	O
library	B-Library
was	O
a	O
NIST-approved	O
RNG	O
standard	O
,	O
widely	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
insecure	O
from	O
at	O
least	O
2006	O
,	O
containing	O
a	O
kleptographic	O
backdoor	O
from	O
the	O
American	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
(	O
NSA	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
secret	O
Bullrun	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RNG	O
standard	O
was	O
subsequently	O
withdrawn	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
RNG	O
removed	O
from	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
beginning	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2004	O
to	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
cryptographically	B-Algorithm
secure	I-Algorithm
pseudorandom	I-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
generator	I-Algorithm
(	O
CSPRNG	B-Algorithm
)	O
in	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
was	O
Dual_EC_DRBG	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
an	O
alleged	O
backdoor	O
from	O
NSA	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
a	O
biased	O
and	O
slow	O
CSPRNG	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cryptographic	O
community	O
had	O
been	O
aware	O
that	O
Dual_EC_DRBG	O
was	O
a	O
very	O
poor	O
CSPRNG	B-Algorithm
since	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
specification	O
was	O
posted	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2007	O
it	O
had	O
become	O
apparent	O
that	O
the	O
CSPRNG	B-Algorithm
seemed	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
to	O
contain	O
a	O
hidden	O
backdoor	O
for	O
NSA	O
,	O
usable	O
only	O
by	O
NSA	O
via	O
a	O
secret	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
cryptographically	O
secure	O
random	O
number	O
generator	O
is	O
often	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
cryptography	O
,	O
much	O
data	O
encrypted	O
with	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
was	O
not	O
secure	O
against	O
NSA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
shown	O
that	O
the	O
backdoor	O
makes	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
completely	O
breakable	O
by	O
the	O
party	O
having	O
the	O
private	O
key	O
to	O
the	O
backdoor	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
and	O
US	O
companies	O
have	O
also	O
used	O
the	O
vulnerable	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
,	O
NSA	O
can	O
potentially	O
have	O
made	O
US	O
data	O
less	O
safe	O
,	O
if	O
NSA	O
's	O
secret	O
key	O
to	O
the	O
backdoor	O
had	O
been	O
stolen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
subsequent	O
releases	O
of	O
Crypto-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
4.1.2	O
(	O
April	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
Suite	O
4.1.5	O
(	O
April	O
2016	O
)	O
and	O
Crypto-J	O
6.2	O
(	O
March	O
2015	O
)	O
,	O
Dual_EC_DRBG	O
was	O
removed	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Extended	O
Random	O
"	O
was	O
a	O
proposed	O
extension	O
for	O
the	O
Transport	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
(	O
TLS	B-Protocol
)	O
protocol	O
,	O
submitted	O
for	O
standardization	O
to	O
IETF	O
by	O
an	O
NSA	O
employee	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
never	O
became	O
a	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
was	O
previously	O
not	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
enabled	O
in	O
any	O
implementations	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
found	O
enabled	O
on	O
some	O
Canon	O
printer	O
models	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
RSA	B-Protocol
BSAFE	I-Protocol
library	B-Library
,	O
because	O
the	O
extension	O
number	O
conflicted	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
TLS	B-Protocol
version	O
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crypto-J	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
encryption	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
RSA	O
Data	O
Security	O
licensed	O
Baltimore	O
Technologies	O
 '	O
J/CRYPTO	O
library	B-Library
,	O
with	O
plans	O
to	O
integrate	O
it	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
new	O
JSAFE	O
encryption	O
toolkit	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
JSAFE	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cert-J	O
is	O
a	O
Public	B-Architecture
Key	I-Architecture
Infrastructure	I-Architecture
API	B-Application
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
,	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	I-Language
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
the	O
cryptographic	O
support	O
necessary	O
to	O
generate	O
certificate	O
requests	O
,	O
create	O
and	O
sign	O
digital	O
certificates	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
and	O
distribute	O
certificate	B-Protocol
revocation	I-Protocol
lists	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Cert-J	O
6.2.4	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
API	B-Application
has	O
been	O
deprecated	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
similar	O
functionality	O
provided	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Crypto-J	O
JCE	B-Language
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Crypto-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
(	O
Crypto-C	O
ME	O
)	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
RSA	B-Protocol
BSAFE	I-Protocol
Wireless	O
Core	O
1.0	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
targeted	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
EPOC	B-Language
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Micro	O
Edition	O
Suite	O
is	O
a	O
cryptography	O
SDK	B-Application
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Micro	O
Edition	O
Suite	O
was	O
initially	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2002	O
as	O
a	O
combined	O
offering	O
of	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
SSL-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
,	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Cert-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
and	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
Crypto-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
SSL-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
and	O
Cert-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
reached	O
EOL	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
while	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
Suite	O
remains	O
supported	O
with	O
Crypto-C	O
Micro	O
Edition	O
as	O
its	O
FIPS-validated	O
cryptographic	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL-C	O
is	O
an	O
SSL	B-Protocol
toolkit	O
in	O
the	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Young	O
and	O
Tim	O
J	O
.	O
Hudson	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
library	B-Library
SSLeay	B-Protocol
,	O
that	O
they	O
developed	O
prior	O
to	O
joining	O
RSA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL-C	O
reached	O
End	O
Of	O
Life	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL-J	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
toolkit	O
that	O
implements	O
TLS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL-J	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
RSA	O
JSAFE	O
initial	O
product	O
offering	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crypto-J	O
is	O
the	O
default	O
cryptographic	O
provider	O
of	O
SSL-J	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
RSA	O
announced	O
End	O
of	O
Life	O
(	O
EOL	O
)	O
dates	O
for	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Dell	O
announced	O
the	O
reversal	O
of	O
RSA	O
's	O
past	O
decision	O
,	O
allowing	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
product	O
support	O
beyond	O
January	O
2022	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
soon	O
acquire	O
new	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dell	O
also	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
rebranding	O
the	O
toolkits	O
to	O
Dell	O
BSAFE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
