Dell BSAFE™ Product Version Lifecycle
Summary: Product life cycle for Dell BSAFE™ Crypto-C Micro Edition, Micro Edition Suite, Crypto Module for C, TLS-C, Crypto-J, SSL-J, Cert-J, and legacy RSA BSAFE products
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Instructions
This page describes the life cycle for Dell BSAFE™ products (formerly RSA BSAFE).
Lifecycle stages:
- Primary Support: Standard maintenance support applies, providing bugfixes and security fixes.
- Limited Support: Critical security issues are remediated, per policies defined in the Dell Vulnerability Response Policy standard. Critical-only releases, patch, or service releases may be delivered, at Dell's discretion. Final resolution to any issue may require upgrading to a more recent version addressing the issue, or to have the issue addressed in.
When reaching the end of the Limited Support period, the product reaches its End Of Service Life, also known as End Of Life. - End Of Service Life: Support is no longer provided. No release, patch, or service release is delivered. Security vulnerabilities are not investigated or remediated.
- End Of Security Support Life: Same as End Of Service Life, no security updates or CVE investigation done beyond End Of Service Life.
Definitions:
- EOPS: End Of Primary Support
- EOLS: End Of Limited Support
- EOSL: End Of Service Life
Notes:
- All end of support dates is reached at the end of the stated month.
- Dates are subject to change without notice.
- For currently-supported BSAFE products and versions below, if a vendor discontinues mainstream support for an operating system and platform combination, then Dell BSAFE product platform support shall also be discontinued as of the same date.
| BSAFE Crypto Module for C Latest Release: 3.0.1 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 3.0.1 | December 9, 2024 | TBD† | TBD† |
| 3.0 | November 15, 2022 | December 2024 | December 2024 |
| BSAFE Crypto Module Plugins | |||
| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| Quantum-Resistant Plugin 3.0.1 | November 26, 2024 | TBD† | TBD† |
| Quantum-Resistant Plugin 3.0 | September 27, 2024 | November 2024 | November 2024 |
| PKCS #11 Plugin 3.0 | November 19, 2024 | TBD†† | TBD†† |
†† This release is expected to receive Primary Support until a new release of the same product is made generally available.
| BSAFE TLS-C Latest Release: 2.1 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 2.1 | January 22, 2025 | TBD† | TBD† |
| 2.0 | December 2, 2024 | January 2025 | January 2025 |
| BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition Latest Release: 4.1.5 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 4.1.5 (FIPS Module) | December 2020 | April 30, 2026† | April 30, 2027† |
| 4.1.5 (SDK) | December 2020 | December 31, 2022†† | December 31, 2022†† |
| 4.1.4 | September 2019 | February 2021 | January 2022 |
| 4.1.0.x - 4.1.3.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 4.0.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 3.0.x | February 2014 | January 2019 | |
†† See the announcement BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition SDK: End Of Life Announcement. Any issues impacting Crypto-C ME SDK impacts Micro Edition Suite, and is only addressed in Micro Edition Suite from now on.
| BSAFE Micro Edition Suite Latest Release: 5.0.3 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 5.x (all versions) | April 30, 2026 | April 30, 2027 | |
| 5.0.3 | December 3, 2024 | See "5.x" | See "5.x" |
| 5.0.2.1 | September 18, 2023 | December 2024 | December 2024 |
| 5.0.2 | July 11, 2023 | September 2023 | September 2023 |
| 5.0.1 | April 14, 2023 | July 2023 | July 2023 |
| 5.0 | October 13, 2022 | April 2023 | April 2023 |
| 4.6.2 | May 2, 2023 | May 2023 | September 2023 |
| 4.6.1 | August 17, 2021 | February 2023 | May 2023 |
| 4.6 | December 2020 | August 2021 | August 2021 |
| 4.5.2 | June 22, 2021 | January 2022 | January 2022 |
| 4.5.1 | November 2020 | June 2021 | June 2021 |
| 4.5 | May 2020 | June 2021 | June 2021 |
| 4.4 | September 2019 | May 2020 | June 2021 |
| 4.1.x | January 2017 | July 2019 | |
| 4.0.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 3.2.x | February 2014 | January 2019 | |
| BSAFE Crypto-J Latest Releases: 7.1 / 6.3.1 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 7.1 | July 30, 2025 | TBD† | TBD† |
| 7.0.1.1 | November 4, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 7.0.1 | March 17, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 7.0 | September 7, 2022 | March 2025 | March 2025 |
| 6.3.1 | May 15, 2025 | January 2025 | February 16, 2026††† |
| 6.3 | April 4, 2023 | January 2025†† | May 2025 |
| 6.2.6.2a | November 7, 2022 | May 2024†††† | May 2024†††† |
| 6.2.6.1a | September 14, 2022 | November 2022 | November 2022 |
| 6.2.6a | October 13, 2021 | September 2022 | September 2022 |
| 6.2.5.1a, b | April 13, 2021 | October 2021 | October 2021 |
| 6.2.5.0.1a | July 2020 | October 2021 | October 2021 |
| 6.2.5 | August 2019 | July 2020 | July 2020 |
| 6.2.4 | February 2018 | August 2019 | January 2022 |
| 6.2.0.x - 6.2.3 | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 6.1.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 6.0.x | April 2014 | April 2016 | |
| 5.0.x | August 2013 | August 2015 | |
†† Previously announced to be on Crypto-J 7.0 FIPS 140-3 certificate issuance. Completed in November 2024. See Dell BSAFE™ Crypto-J 7.0 completes FIPS 140-3 validation
††† End of Service Life date has been aligned with Crypto-J 6.3 FIPS 140-2 certificate sunset date
†††† Previously set to reach EOPS and EOSL on BSAFE Java Crypto Module 6.3 FIPS certificate issuance
a Includes BSAFE Crypto-J JSAFE and JCE Software Module version 6.2.5 (FIPS 140-validated JCM)
b Only released with SSL-J 7.0, superseded by Crypto-J 6.2.6
| BSAFE SSL-J Latest Release: 7.4 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 7.4 | December 2, 2025 | TBD† | TBD† |
| 7.3.1 | October 7, 2024 | December 2025 | December 2025 |
| 7.3 | September 17, 2024 | October 20024 | October 2024 |
| 7.2.1 | July 2, 2024 | September 2024 | September 2024 |
| 7.2 | December 20, 2023 | July 2024 | July 2024 |
| 7.1.1 | May 19, 2023 | December 2023 | January 2024 |
| 7.1 | September 12, 2022 | December 2023 | January 2024 |
| 7.0 | April 13, 2021 | September 2022 | September 2022 |
| 6.6 | July 2, 2024 | January 2025 | June 2025 |
| 6.5.1 | July 10, 2023 | July 2024 | July 2024 |
| 6.5 | September 12, 2022 | July 2023 | July 2023 |
| 6.4 | February 15, 2022 | September 2022 | September 2022 |
| 6.3.1 | March 24, 2021 | February 2022 | February 2022 |
| 6.3 | February 16, 2021 | March 2021 | March 2021 |
| 6.2.7 | June 28, 2020 | February 2021 | February 2021 |
| 6.2.4 to 6.2.6 | June 2020 | June 2020 | |
| 6.2.0.x - 6.2.2.x | January 2017 | December 2020 | |
| 6.1.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 6.0.x | February 2015 | February 2017 | |
| 5.1.x | January 2014 | January 2016 | |
| RSA BSAFE Cert-J Latest Release: 6.2.4 |
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| Version | Release Date | EOPS | EOSL |
| 6.2.4 | September 2018 | March 2020 | January 2022 |
| 6.2.0.x - 6.2.1.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 6.1.x | January 2017 | January 2019 | |
| 6.0.x | August 2014 | August 2016 | |
| 5.2.x | December 2013 | December 2015 | |
| 3.1.x | October 2012 | October 2014 | |
Note:
RSA Security had a period between End Of Extended Support (EOXS) and End Of Service Life (EOSL) where general help could be provided on the product. No release, hotfix, or security patches were provided during this period, only help on the then currently known issues.
RSA Security had a period between End Of Extended Support (EOXS) and End Of Service Life (EOSL) where general help could be provided on the product. No release, hotfix, or security patches were provided during this period, only help on the then currently known issues.
| Product | Version | EOPS | EOXS | EOSL | Upgrade Path |
| RSA BSAFE Crypto-C | 6.4.x | December 2014 | December 2015 | December 2016 | Dell BSAFE Crypto-C ME |
| RSA BSAFE Cert-C | 2.9.x | December 2014 | December 2015 | December 2016 | Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite |
| RSA BSAFE Cert-C ME | 1.5.x | September 2014 | September 2014 | September 2014 | Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite |
| RSA BSAFE SSL-C | 2.8.x | December 2014 | December 2015 | December 2016 | Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite |
| RSA BSAFE SSL-C ME | 1.1.5 | September 2014 | September 2014 | September 2014 | Dell BSAFE Micro Edition Suite |
| RSA BSAFE Data Security Manager | 1.1.x | September 2011 | September 2013 | September 2013 | N/A |
| RSA BSAFE TLS-J ME | 2.0.x | December 2014 | December 2015 | December 2015 | Dell BSAFE SSL-J |
| RSA BSAFE TLS-J ME | 1.2 | December 2013 | December 2014 | December 2015 | Dell BSAFE SSL-J |
Affected Products
BSAFE, BSAFE Cert-J, BSAFE Crypto-C Micro Edition, BSAFE Crypto-J, BSAFE Crypto Module for C, BSAFE Micro Edition Suite, BSAFE SSL-J, BSAFE TLS-CArticle Properties
Article Number: 000181945
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2025
Version: 66
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