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Application programming interface
The Microsoft Windows platform specific Cryptographic Application Programming Interface is an application programming interface included with Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides services to enable developers to secure Windows-based applications using cryptography. It is a set of dynamically linked libraries that provides an abstraction layer which isolates programmers from the code used to encrypt the data. The Crypto API was first introduced in Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows NT 4.0 and enhanced in subsequent versions. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Microsoft CryptoAPIA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Cryptography for Visual BasicThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Microsoft CryptoAPICited 2 times
- Go sideways: Cryptographic Service ProviderA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CryptovirologyA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Cryptography for Visual BasicRichard Bondi · 2000
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
đź”— Related topics
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