Known Users¶
This is a list of some of the known users of botan. If you’d like to be added to the list, email the development list.
Open Source Software¶
SoftHSM an open sourced software PKCS #11 implementation, which is used as part of the OpenDNSSEC project.
Qt Creator, an IDE for building Qt applications.
NetSieben’s SSH library provides SSHv2 client connections for C++ applications, using botan for the crypto. (GPL or commercial)
InSiTo is a library for ePassports based on botan which was commissioned by the German Federal Office for Information Security.
QCA, the Qt Cryptographic Architecture (part of KDE4) uses parts of botan as an embedded crypto provider.
TCHead is a utility for analyzing TrueCrypt volume headers.
Octopod is a file sharing system.
Silverlock is a GPL password management tool for Windows, OS X, and Linux.</p>
Monotone, a free distributed version control system, uses botan for RSA authentication, content hashing, and message authentication.
Publimark is a tool for hiding messages in an audio file.
KeySafe, a password application for GNOME
SuSE uses botan as part of a test suite for the GCC optimizer.
Openbench, an open source benchmark suite, uses botan as a component.
VNCcrack is a password cracker for the VNC authentication/response protocol.
Commercial Software¶
Hulu Desktop uses botan on Windows (ref).
Hitman Pro is a malware scanner for Windows.
Flying Lab Software, a Seattle based game developer, uses botan as a part of their user authentication process.
CryptoTE is a text editor with integrated strong cryptography.
TextEgg is an encrypted document editor.
Seagate uses botan for the drive encryption in the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition hard drive.
Aegeus Technology Ltd used botan in a research implementation of SPKI.
E.V.E. Paradox, a suite of games for Windows.
Research Projects¶
A Unified Approach to Intra-Domain Security describes a system by researches from Oak Ridge National Lab and Indiana University that uses botan to secure ARP and DHCP.
CLL: A Cryptographic Link Layer for Local Area Networks describes a network encryption system using botan. (One of the coauthors, Yves Jerschow, also contributed a number of optimizations to the library).
The system described in Enabling Intrusion Detection in IPsec Protected IPv6 Networks Through Secret-key Sharing
An experimental tamper detection system designed by researchers from the University of Delaware and the US Army Research Laboratory.
A prototype implementation of a telephony signal security system, described in Prototyping and evaluation of TCAPsec by Kang Chung and Mathilda Gustafsson.