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NAME

CSSM_CSP_CreateAsymmetricContext — Create an asymmetric encryption cryptographic context (CDSA)

SYNOPSIS

# include <cssm.h>
CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_CSP_CreateAsymmetricContext
(CSSM_CSP_HANDLE CSPHandle,
CSSM_ALGORITHMS AlgorithmID,
const CSSM_ACCESS_CREDENTIALS *AccessCred,
const CSSM_KEY *Key,
CSSM_PADDING Padding,
CSSM_CC_HANDLE *NewContextHandle)

LIBRARY

Common Security Services Manager library (cdsa$incssm300_shr.exe)

PARAMETERS

CSPHandle (input)
  

The handle that describes the add-in Cryptographic Service Provider module used to perform this function. If a NULL handle is specified, CSSM returns an error.

AlgorithmID (input)
  

The algorithm identification number for the algorithm used for asymmetric encryption.

AccessCred (input)
  

A pointer to the set of one or more credentials required to unlock the private key. The credentials structure can contain an immediate value for the credential, such as a passphrase, or the caller can specify a callback function the CSP can use to obtain one or more credentials. Credentials can be required for encryption and decryption operations.

Key (input) 

The key used for asymmetric encryption. The caller passes a pointer to a CSSM_KEY structure containing the key. When the context is used for a sign operation, AccessCredentials is required to access the private key used for signing. When the context is used for a verify operation, the public key is used to verify the signature. When the context is used for a wrapkey operation, the public key can be used as the wrapping key. When the context is used for an unwrap operation, AccessCredentials is required to access the private key used to perform the unwrapping.

Padding (input/optional)
  

The method for padding. Typically specified for ciphers that pad.

NewContextHandle (output)
  

Cryptographic context handle.

DESCRIPTION

This function creates an asymmetric encryption cryptographic context, given a handle of a CSP, an algorithm identification number, a key, and padding. The cryptographic context handle is returned. The cryptographic context handle can be used to call asymmetric encryption functions and cryptographic wrap or unwrap functions.

RETURN VALUE

A CSSM_RETURN value indicating success or specifying a particular error condition. The value CSSM_OK indicates success. All other values represent an error condition.

SEE ALSO

Books

Intel CDSA Application Developer's Guide

Online Help

Functions: CSSM_DecryptData, CSSM_DecryptDataInit, CSSM_DecryptDataUpdate, CSSM_DecryptDataFinal, CSSM_DeleteContext, CSSM_EncryptData, CSSM_EncryptDataInit, CSSM_EncryptDataUpdate, CSSM_EncryptDataFinal, CSSM_GetContext, CSSM_GetContextAttribute, CSSM_QuerySize, CSSM_SetContext, CSSM_UpdateContextAttributes



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