From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:11:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: M$ CryptoAPI Question
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bglassle@kaiwan.com (Bob Glassley) writes:
> With the current releases of the NT 4.0 betas, I would assume some of
> you have had the chance to look at the API more closely.  I am getting
> ready to hack my first crypto enabled app and wondered if this was
> worth using or if Crypto C++ is the way to go.
>
> I would think that if their implementation is solid, and some of the
> *real* crypto gods write stronger CSP's than the M$ RSA Base CSP, this
> would be a good approach to get more enabled apps accepted for regular
> usage.

I wonder if it's worth it to crack their approval mechanism so we can
add our own crypto subsystems without asking Microsoft's approval.

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
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