CryptoSys PKI Manual

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Contents

• Introduction to CryptoSys PKI
• Getting Started
• Changes in this version
• Changes in earlier versions
• Conventions in this document
• Copyright Notice
• Theory
• Supported Algorithms
  • Unsupported algorithms
  • Key Storage Format
• Installation
  • Win64 (X64) Platform
  • Detecting Win32 or X64 platform
• Visual Basic or Visual Basic: VB6 vs VB.NET
• General Programming Issues
  • Return Values
  • 'Hello world' programs
  • Converting strings to bytes and vice versa
  • Converting VB6 to VB.NET
• Using with Classic Visual Basic VB6 and VBA
  • Pre-dimensioning for VB6
• Using with C and C++
  • Type Conversions
  • Compiling with C
  • Using With Borland C++
  • Using With MinGW gcc
  • Cautions for C/C++ Users
  • Examples of C code
• Using with .NET: C# and VB.NET
• UTF-8 and Latin-1
• Security Issues
• Key Security
• Internal key strings
• Security options for encrypted private keys
• Technical Details
• Self-Tests
  • Power-up Self-Tests
    • Cryptographic algorithm test:
    • RNG health test:
    • Software integrity test:
  • Conditional Tests
    • Pair-wise consistency test:
    • Continuous random number generator test:
  • Action if a self-test fails
• Critical Errors
• Optional Registry Settings
• Random Number Generator
  • RNG Mechanisms
  • Techniques to add known security strength to the RNG process
  • User-supplied entropy (seeds)
• Specifying Distinguished Names
  • UTF-8 encoding in distinguished names
  • Entering values that include the semi-colon and equals sign
• X.509 Extensions Parameter
  • AOC policy for X.509 content
• ISO 8601 date-time formats
• Base64 alternative for X.509 certificates
• PEM string alternative for X.509 certificates, RSA keys, etc
• Base64 and PEM string alternatives for CMS objects
• Specifying the algorithm and mode for generic block cipher functions
• Valid key and block sizes for block cipher algorithms
• AUTACK messages and ISO/IEC 9796-1 signatures
  • ISO/IEC 9796-1 Formatting
  • RSA2 Signing
• CMS Content Types
  • CMS SignedData objects
• Using in MIME-conformant email messages
• Raw RSA Techniques
• VB6/C Function Summary
  • Block Cipher Functions
  • CMS functions
  • Encoding conversion functions
  • Certificate Revocation List (CRL) functions
  • General functions
  • Message Digest Hash Functions
  • HMAC Functions
  • OCSP Functions
  • Padding functions
  • PEM/binary file conversion functions
  • PFX Functions
  • Password prompt functions
  • Random number generator functions
  • RSA key functions
  • Raw RSA functions
  • Triple DES (TDEA/3DES) Functions
  • Wipe functions
  • X.509 certificate functions
• List of Functions
• .NET Classes and Methods
  • Cross-reference between Functions and .NET Methods
  • .NET Help File
• Summary of .NET Classes
  • Cipher Class
  • Cms Class
  • Cnv Class
  • General Class
  • Hash Class
  • Hmac Class
  • Ocsp Class
  • Pem Class
  • Pfx Class
  • Pwd Class
  • Rng Class
  • Rsa Class
  • Tdea Class
  • Wipe Class
  • X509 Class
• List of .Net Methods
• Enumerations in .NET
• Example code in VB.NET (VB2005/8/x)
• Error Handling and Error Codes
• Acknowledgements
• Primary References
• Bibliography
• Index
• Revision History