RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Products Optimized for Intel Itanium(TM) Processor

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RSA Security Inc., a leading provider of e-security solutions, has announced that its popular RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C security software components will be optimized for the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor. This optimization is expected to significantly boost the speed of e-commerce transactions on heavily loaded servers. The new RSA BSAFE products will take advantage of the Intel Itanium processor's unique features, including massive resources for security performance, to provide breakthrough performance on RSA algorithms in SSL authentication.

Key Takeaways:

  • RSA Security has optimized its RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C security software components for the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor.
  • The new RSA BSAFE products are designed to achieve greater performance using the Intel Itanium processor, intended to boost the speed of e-commerce transactions on heavily loaded servers.
  • RSA Security is working closely with Intel Corporation to optimize the RSA BSAFE SSL-C and RSA Crypto-C security components to ensure their superior performance and availability to software developers.
  • The new RSA BSAFE products are scheduled for availability in the second quarter of 2000.
  • RSA BSAFE software includes modules for popular security encryption techniques, such as RSA(TM), DES, RC2(R), RC4(R), RC5(TM), and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), and also supports digital signatures and certificates.
  • RSA BSAFE Crypto-C software is designed to help developers build a wide range of secure applications, including digitally signed forms, private Internet communications, signed, tamperproof applications, secure wireless communications, and virtual private networks.
  • RSA BSAFE SSL-C software is designed to give software developers everything they need to implement the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2 and v3) protocol and the Transport Layer Security (TLS v1.0) protocol.

Statistics:

  • RSA BSAFE crypto-C software is one of the world's best-selling cryptography engines.
  • Nearly a half billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications are in use worldwide.
  • More than six million RSA SecurID users.

Sources:

  • RSA Security Inc. press release, "RSA Security Optimizes RSA BSAFE(R) SSL-C and RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Security Software Components for Intel(R) Itanium(TM) Processor", January 17, 2000
  • RSA Security Inc. website, rsa.com
  • Intel Corporation website, intel.com