Ellipsys 2.0 Library Extended to Offer Elliptic Curve & RSA Security Features

Security provider Elliptic has completed the 2.0 release of its Ellipsys security software with upgraded algorithms implemented to include a complete wet of asymmetric functions such as Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and RSA functions.

Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 10, 2007 -- Security IP provider Elliptic today announced that it has completed the 2.0 release of its Ellipsys security software. This release upgrades the algorithms implemented to include a complete set of asymmetric functions such as Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and RSA functions. Elliptic Curve Cryptography is being implemented by the U.S. Government as part of the Suite B standard and the cryptographic modernization program sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA). ECC is also used in digital rights management and mobile handsets due to the high security it can offer at much smaller key sizes than the equivalent RSA algorithms.

Ellipsys is offered as two different products - the ESS-01 Symmetric Cryptography library and the ESS-02 Asymmetric Cryptography library. The asymmetric library now includes the following functions:

- Elliptic Curve Cryptography

- EC-DSA Generation and Verification

- EC Diffie-Hellman

- Key Generation

- RSA Public Key Cryptography

- RSA Public Key Cryptography

- Key Generation

vEncryption and Decryption

- Signature Generation and Verification    

The symmetric library offers a complete set of ciphers, modes and authentication algorithms including:

- Ciphers

- AES

- DES/3DES

- Kasumi

- SEED

- Modes (supported by all ciphers)

- CBC

- CFB

- CTR

- GCM

- XTS

- Hashes

- MD5 and SHA-1 through SHA-512

- Macs

- CMAC

- HMAC

- XCBC

"With the inclusion of ECC and RSA asymmetric algorithms, the library is now complete and can be used for solutions ranging from mobile handsets through to high-end, top secret applications in government and military applications." said Al Hawtin, VP of Marketing and Business Development. "Customers can also leverage Elliptic's team of software developers to augment internal teams and ensure that their demanding security applications meet the security and are delivered on time and on budget."

About Elliptic

Elliptic provides software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores for secure communications ranging from low power to multi-gigabit per second implementations. Elliptic DRM solutions encompass all major rights management solutions from mobile handsets, personal media players and set top boxes. Demanding customers in markets such as implantable devices, wireless, storage, digital rights management (DRM) and Suite B trust Elliptic IP solutions. For more information please visit www.ellipticsemi.com.

For More Information:

Al Hawtin

Phone: +1 613 254-5456 X102

Elliptic

ahawtin(at)ellipticsemi.com

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