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The Marvell 88MC200 is a system-on-chip microcontroller designed to be cost-effective, flexible, and easy to use. It was developed specifically for building connected smart devices and appliances. The Marvell 88MC200 is incredibly small (thumb-size) and runs energy efficient applications that can be used in mobile or cloud-based environments. Marvell provides the Easy-Connect Software Development Kit […]

Looking for networking encryption and decryption? The powerful combination of wolfSSL and OCTEON hardware make for an exceptionally speedy and secure network connection. Cavium`s OCTEON processors have outstanding hardware acceleration support available for algorithms used in networking. For example in benchmarks ran using wolfSSL, AES operations increased from 8.6 MB/s to 261 MB/s with the […]

The FREAK Attack exploits legacy SSL cipher suites from the 1990s that use RSA export keys.  By definition a server in export mode has to use a low bit strength RSA key (512 bits or less), which can now be cracked in around 12 hours.  Even if a client supports export cipher suites but doesn’t […]

Release 3.4.0 wolfSSL has bug fixes and new features including: • wolfSSL API and wolfCrypt API, you can still include the cyassl and ctaocrypt headers which will enable the compatibility APIs for the foreseeable future • Example use of the wolfCrypt API can be found in wolfcrypt/test/test.c • Example use of the wolfSSL API can […]

We currently in the process of changing the name of our embedded SSL/TLS library from CyaSSL to wolfSSL. This name change benefits our users and us a with a more consistent and standardized naming convention across our company and products. A CyaSSL compatibility layer will remain available for those wanting to continue using the CyaSSL […]

Hi! We are currently seeking an additional senior C/C++ developer for our team. Ideally, our best candidates will have 5+ years of experience coding C/C++. Experience at the systems level, working with networking protocols, working with cryptography, and an affinity for open source are useful but not necessary. This is a position where you will […]

As a lightweight, embedded SSL library, wolfSSL has been used to secure many smart home devices such as lighting, garage doors, washers and dryers, thermostats, as well as a variety of other appliances. Security may not be the first thought when developing a smart home device, but there remains the risk of an attacker gaining […]

Hi! This note is to announce that we will be FIPS 140-2 validating our cryptography library, wolfCrypt, on the FreeRTOS platform. If you need FIPS validated crypto on FreeRTOS, let us know at facts@wolfssl.com.

For those of you who have been following our FIPS progress, we are now in the “Review Pending” phase.  See:  http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140InProcess.pdf (this link is out of date and obsolete, as wolfCrypt now has 2 FIPS validation certificates – #2425 and #3389)

A block cipher is an encryption method that applies a deterministic algorithm along with a symmetric key to encrypt a block of text, rather than encrypting one bit at a time as in stream ciphers. For example, a common block cipher, AES, encrypts 128 bit blocks with a key of predetermined length: 128, 192, or […]