M$ CryptoAPI Question
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMUyb5e2vJ3dNshwFAQHN5wP7BN74aW2XhJnzfPnPyZUkg9N6asp+hCeN Mw6B6Q7iPd3le0nd8wDLJI6zj9lJ0oOP8ViwI0tDLYbG/H3dpQrA8cgUlOioVaAF L1ZruRvKn87gE0ZJHjIsnEeszxO+wAvnzPYPB2yTRM3LzQ1oIadjhj8FXnNxoVPN hZ+RJSF+qpI= =jEww -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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 -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
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. --- Dr. Dimitri Vulis Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
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