Year 2000 Compliance Overview
Encryption Utilities

Last content update: October 6, 1999 (see Notice)
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Encryption utilities developed by Bull Ingenierie include a set of hardware devices and software components aimed at performing cryptographic computation for applications that require secured data transfers. These modules are used in the domain of banking applications and electronic commerce.

Life cycle status

Encryption utilities are actively sold and supported. The table below shows the list of products that have been assigned an end of support date. All other products continue to be fully supported as long as no end of support date is published.

Product code Name Version Supported until Change
MSCB Security module for banking connections All 4Q98 Update
BCL Line cut off asynchronous encryption device All 4Q98 Update
BNA Encryption device, type A All 1Q97 Update
BNE Basic Network Encryption device 5.x / 6.x 4Q98 New
ESM Electronic Security Module All 4Q98 New

Testing status

Current tests aim to identify residual problems in component products and indicate the version that is Year 2000 ready. Their results will be posted as updates to the compliance catalog.

Services

Your usual Bull Ingenierie representative will be pleased to discuss the different Year 2000 related services available for projects that make use of encryption utilities.

Compliance catalog

Product code Name Version Year 2000 ready Change
BCL Asynchronous line cut-off encryption device   No Mar. 2, 1998
BNA Encryption device, type A   No Mar. 2, 1998
BNCE Encryption device for Electronic Commerce 1.0 ok.gif (131 bytes) Mar. 2, 1998
BNC Encryption card 4.0 OK Apr. 2, 1999
BNL Encryption device, LACS interface   No Apr. 2, 1999
BN E Editing module for BNC 1.0 OK Apr. 2, 1999
BNE Basic Network Encryption device 5.0 OK (1) (2) Update
BNE-C Software encryption module, Ethernet interface 1.0 OK Apr. 2, 1999
BNR 5000 Encryption device, X25 interface 2.33 OK Apr. 2, 1999
BNT Transactional encryption device 3 OK Apr. 2, 1999
CAS/CKT BNR Security Administration Centre 2.26 OK Apr. 2, 1999
CAZ ZAT Administration Centre 2 No Apr. 2, 1999
CGDC Key Management Centre 3 OK Mar. 2, 1998
CSC Cheops security card   OK Apr. 2, 1999
ECB Banking Cryptographic Equipment 1.30 OK Apr. 2, 1999
ESM Electronic Security Module   No (3) Update
MSCB Security module for banking connections   No Mar. 2, 1998
PASSWORD7 Access control for GCOS 7 2.4 OK Apr. 2, 1999
SCR, SSM Secure Card Reader, Secure Module All OK Mar. 2, 1998
TSMR Add On Technical Security Module Rapid, Add On   No Apr. 2, 1999
ZAT ZAT Encryption modem   OK Apr. 2, 1999

(1) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with hardware at level 1.5.
(2) This product was renamed SecurWare VPN device. Bull strongly recommends to migrate to SecurWare VPN device version 7.0.
(3) Obsolete product : no longer supported.
 

 

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Notice
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