Architecture of a Cryptographic Service Provider
This section describes the internal structure of a typical cryptographic service provider (CSP) and explains some of the assumptions implicit in the CryptoAPI/CryptoSPI design. Although each CSP is structured differently, the material in this section is general and applies to all cryptographic service providers.
Topics covered in this section are:
- CSP Architectural Overview
- Entry Points
- Persistent Data Objects
- Volatile Data Objects
- Threading Issues with Cryptographic Service Providers
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