Cryptography Functions (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The following table shows the cryptography functions with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
CPAcquireContext	This function acquires a handle to the key container specified by the pszContainer parameter.
CryptAcquireContext	This function acquires a handle to a specific key container within a particular cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptContextAddRef	This function adds one to the reference count of an HCRYPTPROV handle.
CryptCreateHash	This function initiates the hashing of a stream of data.
CryptDecrypt	This function decrypts data that was previously encrypted with the CryptEncrypt function.
CryptDeriveKey	This function generates cryptographic session keys derived from base data.
CryptDestroyHash	This function destroys the hash object referenced by the hHash parameter.
CryptDestroyKey	This function frees the handle referenced by the hKey parameter.
CryptDuplicateHash	This function makes an exact copy of a hash and the state the hash is in.
CryptDuplicateKey	This function makes an exact copy of a key and the state the key is in.
CryptEncrypt	This function encrypts data.
CryptEnumProviders	This function retrieves the first or next available cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptEnumProviderTypes	This function retrieves the first or next type of cryptographic service provider (CSP) supported on the computer.
CryptExportKey	This function exports cryptographic keys from of a cryptographic service provider (CSP) in a secure manner.
CryptGenKey	This function generates a random cryptographic session key or a public/private key pair for use with the cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptGenRandom	This function fills a buffer with random bytes.
CryptGetDefaultProvider	This function finds the default cryptographic service provider (CSP) of a specified type either for the current user or the device.
CryptGetHashParam	This function retrieves data that governs the operations of a hash object and retrieves the actual hash value.
CryptGetKeyParam	This function lets applications retrieve data that governs the operations of a key.
CryptGetProvParam	This function retrieves parameters that govern the operations of a cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptGetUserKey	This function retrieves a handle to a permanent user key pair, such as the user's signature key pair.
CryptHashData	This function adds data to a specified hash object.
CryptHashSessionKey	This function computes the cryptographic hash of a session key object.
CryptImportKey	This function transfers a cryptographic key from a key binary large object (BLOB) to the cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptMsgCalculateEncodedLength	This function calculates the maximum number of bytes need for an encoded cryptographic message when it is given the message type, encoding parameters, and total length of the data to be encoded.
CryptMsgClose	This function closes a cryptographic message handle.
CryptMsgControl	This function performs a control operation after a message has been decoded by a final CryptMsgUpdate call.
CryptMsgDuplicate	This function duplicates a cryptographic message handle by incrementing its reference count.
CryptMsgGetParam	This function acquires a message parameter after a cryptographic message has been encoded or decoded.
CryptMsgOpenToDecode	This function opens a cryptographic message for decoding and returns a handle of the opened message.
CryptMsgOpenToEncode	This function opens a cryptographic message for encoding and returns a handle of the opened message.
CryptMsgUpdate	This function adds contents to a cryptographic message.
CryptProtectData	This function performs encryption on the data in a BLOB (Cryptography) structure.
CryptReleaseContext	This function frees the handle to a cryptographic service provider (CSP) and the key container.
CryptSetHashParam	This function customizes the operations of a hash object.
CryptSetKeyParam	This function customizes various aspects of a key's operations.
CryptSetProvider	This function specifies the current user default cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptSetProviderEx	This function specifies the default cryptographic service provider (CSP) for the current user or the local device.
CryptSetProvParam	This function customizes the operations of a cryptographic service provider (CSP).
CryptSignHash	This function signs data.
CryptUnprotectData	This function decrypts and checks the integrity of the data in a BLOB (Cryptography) structure.
CryptVerifySignature	This function verifies the signature of a hash object.

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Reference

Cryptography Reference