RSA Security 5 manual Algorithm Info Types

Chapter 2

Algorithm Info Types

This chapter lists the standard algorithm info types (AIs) offered in RSA BSAFE Crypto-C (Crypto-C). A typical application supplies an algorithm info type as the infoType argument to B_SetAlgorithmInfo. For examples of how to use algorithm info types with certain algorithms, see the User’s Manual.

An AI not only specifies which algorithm to use, but also specifies the format of the algorithm parameters. You supply the algorithm parameters as the info argument to B_SetAlgorithmInfo.

The entry for each AI occupies one or two pages. See the next page for a description of the entry format.

Some algorithm info types, such as encryption and signature algorithms, need a key object. If an algorithm calls for a key object, the AI entry will describe which KI to use to set the key object. For a complete list of KIs, see Chapter 3.

The algorithm info types pass information from and to various B_ functions. See Chapter 4 for the descriptions and prototypes of these functions.

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