[NOT NOISE] Microsoft Crypto Service Provider API

[Marc Horowitz]

roy at sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:

>> I just got my copy of the Microsoft Cryptographic Service Provider
>> Development Kit, Version 1.0.  It appears to support only Windows NT.  A
>> first glance reveals no built-in GAK (but I haven't examined it closely
>> yet!).

You're right, you haven't looked at it closely.  Although it doesn't
have Key Escrow, new cryptosystems can only be added if they are
signed by a private key held by Microsoft.  Of course, Microsoft has
agreed with the State Dept. to sign only export-"strength" crypto.

		Marc