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13 Mar 2009 1:56 AM
Lorin
Using VB6 to develope a program that uses Window Crypto functionality.
Do all Windows, foreign and domestic have that functionality?
What are the limitations?
I do not believe that there is anything added to the Packager that would
provide Crypto if Windows does not already have it.
Is that correct?

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14 Mar 2009 12:20 AM
MikeD
"Lorin" <Lo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Using VB6 to develope a program that uses Window Crypto functionality.
> Do all Windows, foreign and domestic have that functionality?
> What are the limitations?
> I do not believe that there is anything added to the Packager that would
> provide Crypto if Windows does not already have it.
> Is that correct?
>
>

Not an expert on this by any means, so sorta take this with a grain of salt.

AFAIK, all the various language versions of Windows include the APIs for
cryptography.  I believe the difference comes in the exact algorithm used
and the strength of it. For example, I know that a few years ago, you could
only get the 128 bit encryption in IE if you lived in the U.S. and maybe
Canada or Mexico. I can only guess that had *something* to do with the
Crypto APIs in Windows and updating the DLLs.

You might be better off asking this in a different newsgroup as it's not
really a VB-specific question. It's more of a Windows question.

--
Mike