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M$ CryptoAPI Question

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NODE 65b8157cM$ CryptoAPI Question bglassle@kaiwan.com (Bob Glassley)Mon, 18 Mar 1996 07:25:45 +0800

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With the current releases of the NT 4.0 betas, I would assume some of
you have had the chance to look at the API more closely.  I am getting
ready to hack my first crypto enabled app and wondered if this was
worth using or if Crypto C++ is the way to go. 

I would think that if their implementation is solid, and some of the
*real* crypto gods write stronger CSP's than the M$ RSA Base CSP, this
would be a good approach to get more enabled apps accepted for regular
usage.

Any thoughts?

- --Bob

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NODE 421defedRe: M$ CryptoAPI Question dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:11:07 +0800

bglassle@kaiwan.com (Bob Glassley) writes:
> With the current releases of the NT 4.0 betas, I would assume some of
> you have had the chance to look at the API more closely.  I am getting
> ready to hack my first crypto enabled app and wondered if this was
> worth using or if Crypto C++ is the way to go.
>
> I would think that if their implementation is solid, and some of the
> *real* crypto gods write stronger CSP's than the M$ RSA Base CSP, this
> would be a good approach to get more enabled apps accepted for regular
> usage.

I wonder if it's worth it to crack their approval mechanism so we can
add our own crypto subsystems without asking Microsoft's approval.

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

NODE f2d97953Re: M$ CryptoAPI Question Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:12:18 +0800

Bob Glassley wrote:

| With the current releases of the NT 4.0 betas, I would assume some of
| you have had the chance to look at the API more closely.  I am getting
| ready to hack my first crypto enabled app and wondered if this was
| worth using or if Crypto C++ is the way to go.

	MS's crypto API is only available on MS platforms (AFAIK.)  If
you want to be able to run cross platform, I'd reccomend something
that works on other platforms.  Crypto++ is probably preferable to
MS's API for that reason.

	For other options, I maintain a table of crypto libraries at
www.homeport.org/~adam/crypto/

Adam

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