PFXVerifyPassword (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
This function attempts to decode the outer layer of a BLOB as a Personal Information Exchange (PFX) packet and to decrypt it with the given password. No data from the BLOB is imported.
PFX format is also known as Public-Key Cryptography Standards #12 (PKCS #12) format.
Syntax
BOOL WINAPI PFXVerifyPassword(
CRYPT_DATA_BLOB* pPFX,
LPCWSTR szPassword,
DWORD dwFlags
);
Parameters
- pPFX
[in] Pointer to a CRYPT_DATA_BLOB structure that the function will attempt to decode as a PFX packet.
- szPassword
[in] String password to be checked. For this function to succeed, this password must be exactly the same as the password used to encrypt the packet.
- dwFlags
[in] Reserved for future use. Must be set to zero.
Return Value
The function return TRUE if the password appears correct; otherwise, it returns FALSE.
Remarks
When you have finished using szPassword, clear the password from memory by calling the SecureZeroMemory function.
Requirements
| Header | wincrypt.h |
| Library | crypt32.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 5.0 and later |