Microsoft's CryptoAPI - thoughts?
What does everyone think about this? Perhaps I already missed the boat, but I just found out about it. How would international apps work? Would a data file encrypted with an app compiled with a US-only CSP (cryptographic service provider) be able to be loaded by a European equivalent app? [Info can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/intdev/inttech/cryptapi.htm] -- rickt@psa.pencom.com egalitarian, philosopher, unix cowboy, '68 chevy pickup hacker
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[Info can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/intdev/inttech/cryptapi.htm]
Has someone here managed to extract PostScript hardcopy of the CAPI from this Web page? I tried earlier this evening and wound up with a miniature ecological disaster on my hands. The page says: "For ease of online reading and printing, we've provided copies of this lengthy document in Microsoft Word and Postscript formats." I grabbed the ZIPped PostScript version and unZIPped it, which resulted in a single file called "capiapp.ps". Making the wild assumption that this was indeed a PostScript file, I sent it to the printer and forgot about it for a while. An hour later I discovered a chaotic scene in the printer room, as the printer had spewed about 1.5 reams of raw PostScript printouts. The output bin had overflowed for a while, spraying paper in several directions. <heavy sigh> As it turns out, the file unhelpfully begins with %-12345X@JPL ENTER LANGUAGE=POSTSCRIPT preceding the usual "%!PS-Adobe-3.0" line. Worse still, it appears that the capiapp.ps file is actually a catenation of many PostScript files (one per chapter?), each beginning with a version of this ensnarling line. I could do some global search-and-replacing, etc., but I think I'll wait for Microsoft to distribute a decent PS version of this document. Perhaps they should consider not generating it with MS Word.... Grr! Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMQiKcynaAKQPVHDZAQEwQAf/SLkD9a4vP7Vl5md0WzPCE+v0fX83W0Hw wj0OJLs7gRcyLJx0eLcBxR7G86CGRwRRLat+QbhEPqaiNipQTG0W5EgF+i/6DlCk y7c8adATFrPCGOjNS49nnPWtpBEUo+q9ZLHYzYkPHnt8k+8q7EZnET/wO9GV8VJg ZsjjQeslR2/r9KnzyXaFsuQpPI0Vgl7/ilTE03bPWoiHrzQvQTGIABQr5seRORWb 3RDLee1KOfXBPfpzlPNt/K6bcPFu2sRLLMCUAtImm5hSHCjdelkD+3sZAlaJpHwH Se9osUfNlMM3ohFZydOezjlWsGzIZgLPxMouQgvX2MDcJTwQSe7ZyA== =XHjr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Fri, 26 Jan 1996 03:02:56 -0500 (EST), Futplex wrote:
Has someone here managed to extract PostScript hardcopy of the CAPI from this Web page? I tried earlier this evening and wound up with a miniature ecological disaster on my hands. The page says:
No problem on a LaserJet 4M.
"For ease of online reading and printing, we've provided copies of this lengthy document in Microsoft Word and Postscript formats."
I tried printing the Word version from WordView, also, and ran into major problems. It absolutely insisted on setting the printer to manual feed, and when I tried to print the odd-numbered pages, WordView crashed complletely.
Worse still, it appears that the capiapp.ps file is actually a catenation of many PostScript files (one per chapter?), each beginning with a version of this ensnarling line.
Maybe that's why I couldn't extract odd & even-numbered pages.
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