Security: Applying Cryptography Using The CNG API In Windows Vista

My next article for MSDN Magazine is now available. Its part of the July 2007 issue of the magazine and covers the new cryptography platform introduced in Windows Vista.

Security: Applying Cryptography Using The CNG API In Windows Vista

Windows Vista introduces a new cryptography API to replace the old CryptoAPI, which has its roots in the early versions of Windows NT and Windows 95. Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) is meant to be a long-term replacement for the CryptoAPI, providing substitutes for all of the cryptographic primitives it offered. CNG supports all of the algorithms provided by the CryptoAPI, but goes much further and includes many new algorithms and a much more flexible design, providing developers with greater control over how cryptographic operations are performed and how algorithms work together to perform various operations.

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