Chapter 2. Getting Started with the CryptoAPI

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • CryptoAPI and Cryptographic Service Providers

  • Listing CSPs and CSP Types

Many applications today incorporate some form of encryption into their functionality. Unfor-tunately, encryption is a realm of programming with which most programmers do not have much, if any, experience. So how are we supposed to add these capabilities to our applications without hiring a bunch of mathematicians who talk in numbers so that they sound like they're speaking a foreign language?

If you listen carefully, you'll hear the sound of Microsoft riding in from the northwest to save the day, like the hero in an old Clint Eastwood (or John Wayne) Western movie. It just so happens that Microsoft has been building ...

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