CryptoSys^TM API Manual

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Contents

• What is the CryptoSys API?
• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Changes in this version
• Changes in earlier versions
• Conventions in this document
• Copyright Notice
• Background Basics
  • Block cipher algorithms
  • Block Cipher Modes and Initialization Vectors
  • Padding
  • Stream ciphers
  • One-way message digest (hash) functions
  • Message authentication code (MAC) functions
  • Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) Authenticated Encryption
  • Data Compression in Cryptography
• Secure Random Number Generator
  • RNG Mechanisms
  • Techniques to add known security strength to the RNG process
  • User-supplied entropy (seeds)
• Installation
  • Win64 (X64) Platform
  • Detecting Win32 or X64 platform
• Visual Basic or Visual Basic: VB6 vs VB.NET
• General Programming Issues
  • Storing and representing ciphertext
  • Converting strings to bytes and vice versa
  • Hexadecimal versus Bytes
  • Return Values
• Using with Classic Visual Basic and VBA
  • Pre-dimensioning for VB
• Using with C and C++
  • Type Conversions
  • Compiling with C
  • Using With Borland C++
  • Cautions for C/C++ Users
• Using with .NET: C# and VB.NET
  • Converting VB6 to VB.NET
• Using with COM/ASP
• 'Hello world' programs
• Common problems when encrypting
• Security Issues
• Self-Tests
• Optional Registry Settings
• Technical Details
• Compliance
• References
• Function List
  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) functions
  • Blowfish functions
  • Data Encryption Standard (DES) functions
  • Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (Triple DES) functions
  • PC1 Stream Cipher functions
  • Key Wrap functions
  • GCM functions
  • Message Digest Hash functions
  • Message Authentication Code functions
  • Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) functions
  • Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256) functions
  • MD5 Hash Algorithm functions
  • Secure Random Number Generator (RNG) functions
  • ZLIB data compression functions
  • Password-based encryption functions
  • Padding functions
  • Conversion functions
  • Cyclic Redundancy Check functions
  • General functions
  • ActiveX Interface
  • Deprecated Functions
• ActiveX Classes and Methods
• .NET Classes and Methods
• Cross-reference between Functions and .NET Methods
• List of .NET Methods
  • .NET Help File
• Error Codes
• Acknowledgements
• Index
• Document Revision History