Intel Investors - Intel's i810 Whitney Chip Set has an additional "surprise" - a Hardware Random Number Generator - ala the Pentium III.
RSA and Intel to Strengthen Security Offering in New Intel Chipset; RSA First Crypto Company to Support Intel's New Hardware-Based Security
RSA and Intel are developing Security Software to make use of the Hardware Random Number Generator feature to further enhance secure Internet transactions and commerce - hopefully without the "pain" of the Privacy groups getting their nose out of joint.
This is another step forward in making Intel hardware the "standard" for secure transaction on the "IntelNet".
Paul
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Monday April 26, 7:31 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: RSA Data Security, Inc.
RSA and Intel to Strengthen Security Offering in New Intel Chipset; RSA First Crypto Company to Support Intel's New Hardware-Based Security
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The industry's leading cryptographic development software products took another leap forward today as RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDTI - news) announced that it is updating its BSAFE® Crypto-C and Crypto-J development products to add support for the hardware-based Intel® Random Number Generator (RNG) in the Intel® 810 Chipset, the next-generation chipset that was announced today. RSA's Intel-ready software development kits will be the first to provide the vital link software developers need to take full advantage of the power of the Intel hardware-based RNG to protect their critical applications. Today's announcement represents the first results of the relationship RSA announced with Intel in January.
RSA's enhanced BSAFE® Crypto-C 4.2 and Crypto-J 2.2 development products are designed to offer software developers industry-leading security for their applications, support for standards as well as faster implementation. RSA's software is designed to access the Intel RNG to get the small number of unpredictable, high entropy bits -- the random seed -- required to ensure cryptographic security, and then produce the cryptographic keys that applications need to protect vast quantities of data. In a few milliseconds, the Intel RNG can produce the random seeds that Crypto-C or Crypto-J will use to generate all the keys and challenges needed by an application. This is intended to be a much faster, more convenient and secure method than software-based seeding mechanisms which may require user input via the mouse or keyboard.
''These enhanced cryptographic development products are only the first to result from our relationship with Intel,'' said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing for RSA and Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. ''We will continue to promote the integration of our security products into new environments.''
RSA is the first cryptographic software development company to add support in its development tools for Intel's new generation of hardware security. As part of the agreement between the two companies, Intel intends to distribute RSA's BSAFE® Crypto-C software development kit to all Intel security software licensees. In addition, RSA intends to work directly with software developers to help them create applications with greater security on the new Intel platforms.
''Intel RNG provides one of the fundamental building blocks to empower software developers to improve the security capabilities of a wide variety of applications, using RSA's BSAFE Crypto-C and Crypto-J software development kits,'' said Michael Glancy, general manager, Platform Security Division for Intel. ''We look forward to continuing our relationship with RSA as we expand our hardware security offerings in the future.''
For security reasons, it is crucial that the cryptographic functions employed in BSAFE Crypto-C and Crypto-J, or any other cryptographic software, are first seeded with random and unpredictable values. If a third party is able to reproduce the random numbers used in an application -- to generate keys, for example -- it may be possible to derive the keys used in cryptographic operations and expose sensitive information.
The Intel hardware-based Random Number Generator harnesses system thermal noise to generate truly random and indeterministic values. The generator is free running, accumulating random bits of data in a 32-bit buffer which are then accessed by RSA's Crypto-C or Crypto-J software through the Intel Security Driver. This combination of RSA's software with the Intel RNG produces programs or applications with stronger encryption, digital signing and security protocols.
RSA BSAFE Crypto-C software employs the BSAFE Hardware API (BHAPI) to provide an interface to the Intel hardware. The Crypto-J product uses the Java Native Interface (JNI) to call a library that interfaces with the Intel hardware. Creating a hardware-aware BSAFE Crypto-C or Crypto-J application that employs Intel's hardware RNG is similar to creating any other BSAFE application.
Availability
RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C 4.2 and Crypto-J 2.2 software will be available in June. Both product releases are coincident with the availability of systems based on the Intel Chipset.
BSAFE Crypto-C and Crypto-J
RSA's BSAFE Crypto-C software is one of the world's best-selling cryptography engines and provides software developers with multiple algorithms and modules for adding encryption and authentication features to applications. BSAFE software includes modules for popular security encryption techniques, such as RSA(TM), DES, RC2®, RC4®, RC5(TM), and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), and also supports digital signatures and certificates.
The RSA BSAFE Crypto-J product is RSA Data Security's first cryptographic software designed specifically for Java developers. Written completely in Java, Crypto-J provides developers with a state-of-the-art implementation of the most important privacy, authentication, and data integrity routines, and is compatible with Javasoft's and Sun's JDK 1.1 and higher. Crypto-J is a Java Security Provider, and was designed to be called either through the Java Security API or directly through Crypto-J's API.
Intel Corporation
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at intel.com .
RSA Data Security, Inc.
RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDTI - news), is a leading supplier of software components that secure electronic data, with more than 400 million copies of RSA encryption and authentication technologies installed worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the Internet and World Wide Web, ISO, ITU-T, ANSI, IEEE and are in use in business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. RSA develops and markets platform-independent security components and related developer kits, and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. RSA can be reached at rsa.com .
BSAFE, RC2 and RC4 are registered trademarks of RSA Data Security, Inc. RSA and RC5 are trademarks of RSA Data Security, Inc. All other products and companies mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized.
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the introduction of the updating of the RSA BSAFE® development kits to add support for the Intel Random Number Generator, and the distribution of the development kits to Intel licensees, and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development, undetected software or hardware errors or bugs, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, changes in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Security Dynamics' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, Security Dynamics' Annual Report on Form 10K (File No. 000-25120949), filed on March 31, 1999.
SOURCE: RSA Data Security, Inc.
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