Re: How can I use a Verisign digital ID with TB?

Hello Anthony (again),

Saturday, October 30, 2004, 16:53:06, you wrote:

AGA> Unless I'm not mistaken, though, the Microsoft crypto doesn't
AGA> give me any ability to choose the algorithms I want.

But there is this warning on TB! help:

"Cryptographic Service Provider combo-box enumerates all available
Cryptographic Service Providers. If you choose a provider from the
list, The Bat! will limit itself to the use of the selected provider
only and other providers won't be used. If "<default>" is selected,
CryptoAPI will dynamically select the required providers corresponding
to a particular algorithm, key type or certificate."

"It's best  to leave the provider set to default unless there are very
strict security requirements and it is forbidden to pass control to a
CSP other than the selected one. Please note that if you select a
provider and, for instance, need to verify a message signed using a
certificate which isn't supported by the selected CSP (or you need to
encrypt a message to a recipient that has a certificate which isn't
supported by the selected CSP), the operation will fail, even though a
CSP supporting that certificate may exist in your system."



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