Re: CryptAPI(encryption/decryption)

Yes, the PEM format is Base64 encoded and may additionally be encrypted with
a symmetric cipher (AES, 3DES etc.). In addition to decoding it to
unencrypted binary, you would need to create the PRIVATEKEYBLOB structure
with the fields described in
http://msdn2.microsoft.com:80/en-us/library/ms884374.aspx. Only a
PRIVATEKEYBLOB can be imported into a Microsoft CSP. As I mentioned in my
earlier post, you should be able to find tools that support this conversion.

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"S.Kumar" <SKumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks DSilva,
I like to get little more details.
Is the PEM format is in base64 coded? If I convert the PEM to binary, can
I
load it into Microsoft CSP's?

Thanks in advance

S.Kumar.

"Dylan DSilva (MS)" wrote:

Unfortunately the Microsoft CSPs do not support importing keys in pem
format. You would need to convert your key to the blob format described
in
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms884374.aspx (I believe there
are
tools out on the internet that let you do this) or use a custom CSP that
supports keys in pem format.

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Dylan DSilva
Software Development Engineer
Microsoft Corporation

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"S.Kumar" <SKumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I'm facing a problem in encryption decryption.
I have the privatekey in pem format.
How can I import this into CSP and decrypt the data which is encrypted
using
public key.

I tried using CryptImportKey () but no success.

Thanks






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