What’s New in Version 5.2.2?
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What’s New in Version 5.2.2?
Following is a list of RSA BSAFE Crypto-C features that are new in version 5.2.2:
Improved performance
With the new performance improvements, you’ll be able to use RSA BSAFE Crypto-
C’s algorithms at unprecedented levels of speed and throughput across a wide range
of hardware platforms. RSA BSAFE Crypto-C’s support for the Intel Itanium™ and
Pentium™4 processors will allow developers the ability to take advantage of benefits
of these powerful processors. Also, RSA Security’s implementation of Compaq’s
patented MultiPrime technology is designed to process encryption/decryption tasks
more than two times faster than previous methods. Typical tasks where customers
will experience these performance enhancements are for SSL transactions (signing on
the server or client side) and non-repudiation operations (verifying on the client side).
Hardware support
RSA BSAFE Crypto-C products include PKCS #11 hardware support to allow
communication with hardware like smart cards (for secure key storage) and
cryptographic accelerator cards (for performance improvements). PKCS #11 support
is in addition to the BHAPI hardware support offered in previous versions of Crypto-
C.
MultiPrime RSA
MultiPrime RSA functionality has been added to Crypto-C v5.2. Use this new
function to generate RSA public/private key pairs. RSA MultiPrime key generation
follows the same steps as standard RSA key generation with two exceptions: the use
of a different AI, AI_RSAMultiPrimeKeyGen, and a different AM must be passed in
during the B_GenerateInit call: AM_RSA_MULTI_PRIME_KEY_GEN.
Serialization for algorithm objects performing RC4,
Diffie Hellman key exchange
A new algorithm information type, AI_RC4Serialize, has been added to Crypto-C
