Cryptography for Visual Basic
A Programmer's Guide to the Microsoft CryptoAPI
Published on 15. September 2000
Book
Mixed media product
XX, 460 pages
978-0-471-38189-1 (ISBN)
Description
Security is one of the biggest concerns customers have when doing business online. With billions of dollars at stake, this industry must take the necessary steps to ensure privacy and protection for customer data. Microsoft's CryptoAPI provides Visual Basic programmers with strong cryptography to keep this data safe. This book guides programmers through the process of accessing the powerful but tricky routines of Microsoft Crypto Library. The reader will find an introduction to modern cryptography and learn how to build cryptographic modules that can be used by any Visual Basic program. The reader will learn how to keep Visual Basic stable while running Microsoft CryptoAPI. The entire source code for a sample cryptographic COM object is provided. The CD-ROM includes four complete cryptographic modules for real-world implementation.
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Content
Everything a VB Programmer Needs to Know about Cryptography; An Overview of the CryptoAPI; Calling the CryptoAPI from Visual Basic; Advanced Visual Basic Tricks; An Object Model for the CryptoAPI; The Provider and the Container Objects; The Key Objects; Hashing and Signing with the WCCO Objects; Encryption and the Messagetext Object; Testing the Objects; Key Management and Data Security; Philosophy, Public Policy, the Law, and Cryptography; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Wiley Open Source License; Index.