Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual is a reference guide for developers who use RSA BSAFE® Crypto-C (Crypto-C), a core-cryptography SDK.
To familiarize yourself with Crypto-C, you may wish to read the Crypto-C User’s Manual before referencing this manual. In particular, you may be interested in the “Introductory Example” in Chapter 1. The User’s Manual also describes cryptographic concepts and shows how to successfully add Crypto-C to your application.
After you have read the User’s Manual and understand the steps involved in creating a Crypto-C application, you can turn to this reference manual. The algorithm information types (AIs) carry the underlying cryptography, so we put this essential information up front (Chapter 2). Next, the key information types (KIs) provide the values for those AIs that require keys (Chapter 3). The last chapter (Chapter 4) contains the application programming interface (API) itself. Make sure to read this chapter, as it provides a review of the Crypto-C components.
