BC-FJA (Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API)

Certificate #4943

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 17.01.2025 , 14.11.2025
Sunset date 16-01-2027
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat Interim Validation. When operated in approved mode. The module generates SSPs (e.g., keys) whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Exceptions
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
Description The Bouncy Castle FIPS Java API is a comprehensive suite of FIPS Approved algorithms implemented in pure Java. All key sizes and modes have been implemented to allow flexibility and efficiency, and additional algorithms are available in non-approved operation as well.
Tested configurations
  • Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 with PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v8 (1.8) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 without PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v11 (11) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 with PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v11 (11) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 without PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v17 (17) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 with PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v17 (17) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 without PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v21 (21) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 with PAA, Java SE Runtime Environment v21 (21) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS running on an Intel NUC 11 Pro with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 with PAA
Vendor Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
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Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-128, AES-192, AES-, Twofish, Serpent, CAST5, CAST, RC4, RC2, DES, Triple-DES, TDEA, TDES, ChaCha20, Poly1305, IDEA, Blowfish, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-256, KMAC, CMAC, CBC-MAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA-OAEP, ECDSA, EdDSA, ECC, Diffie-Hellman, DH, DSA
Post-quantum Algorithms
LMS
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-384, SHA2, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, SHA-3, SHA3, SHAKE128, SHAKE256, MD5, RIPEMD128, RIPEMD160, RIPEMD320, RIPEMD256, RIPEMD, scrypt, PBKDF, PBKDF2
Schemes
MAC, Key Agreement, AEAD
Protocols
SSH, SSHv2, TLS, TLS 1.2, TLSv1.2, TLS 1.3, IKEv2, PGP
Randomness
PRNG, DRBG, RNG, RBG
Libraries
OpenSSL, BouncyCastle
Elliptic Curves
P-224, P-256, P-384, P-521, K-233, K-409, K-571, B-233, B-283, B-571, K-283, B-409, Ed25519, Ed448
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, CFB, OFB, GCM, CCM

JavaCard API constants
X25519, X448
Trusted Execution Environments
SE
Vendor
Microsoft

Security level
Level 1
Side-channel analysis
timing attacks, timing attack

Standards
FIPS 140-3, FIPS 197, FIPS 186-5, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 186-2, FIPS 180-4, FIPS 202, FIPS 186-3, FIPS PUB 140-3, SP 800-38A, SP 800-38C, SP 800-38B, SP 800-38D, SP 800-56C, SP 800-132, SP 800-108, SP 800-38F, SP 800-208, SP 800-185, SP 800-133, NIST SP 800-107, SP 800-90A, SP 800-90B, NIST SP 800-90C, SP 800-38G, SP 800-56A, SP 800-56B, SP 800-67, SP 800-89, SP 800-135, PKCS #1, PKCS1, PKCS#12, PKCS#5, PKCS#1, RFC 8708, RFC 7914, ISO/IEC 24759

File metadata

Creation date D:20250718120651+10'00'
Pages 58
Creator Writer
Producer LibreOffice 7.3

Heuristics

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Raw data 

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