Microsoft CryptoAPI 2.0

Microsoft CryptoAPI 2.0

Abstract
Everyone today is well understood the importance of security , encryption of data , authetication etc. For security of computerized data cryptography comes into picture and it has grown to a big field nowadays. Taking this into consideration OS implementers have developed API for serving the purpose of cryptograpgy as well as cryptography standards are also proposed. There are lot many algorithm and processes for cryptography process, these APIs allow developers to use its functions and allows to perform many cryptographic functions on there data hiding the underneath implementation details. OS platforms like Microsoft Windows and Linux provides the API for this purpose known as CryptoAPI. In the followind text we will be talking about Microsoft CryptoAPI 2.0. Reader should note that theme of the following text is not cryptography but is API provided for cryptography by Microsoft.