cryptoapi

I need to load a PEM encoded X.509 certificate into a Windows Crypto API context to use with C++. They are the ones that have -----BEGIN RSA XXX KEY----- and -----END RSA XXX KEY----- . I found examples for Python and .NET but they use specific functions I can't relate to the plain Windows Crypto API. I understand how to encrypt/decrypt once I've got a HCRYPTKEY. BUT, I just don't get how to import the Base64 blob in the .PEM file(s) and get a HCRYPTKEY that I can use out of it. I have that strange feeling that there is more to it than simply calling CryptDecodeObject() . Any pointers that can

I'm asking this question because I've spent the best part of a day trawling through msdn docs and other opaque sources for simple straightforward guidelines on how to get started with the Windows C/C++ Crypto API. What I'd like to see is some example code, typical include paths, linking guidelines, etc, anything useful really. I know this is an imprecise question but I reckon imprecise answers are better none at all. I'll get the ball rolling with my own meager findings... Gearoid Murphy Here's a bunch of examples I've found.... Example C Program: Listing the Certificates in a Store Example C

I'm looking at implementing an app getting Twitter authorization via Oauth in Java. The first step is getting a request token . Here is a Python example for app engine. To test my code, I am running Python and checking output with Java. Here is an example of Python generating a Hash-Based Message Authentication Code (HMAC): #!/usr/bin/python from hashlib import sha1 from hmac import new as hmac key = "qnscAdgRlkIhAUPY44oiexBKtQbGY0orf7OV1I50" message = "foo" print "%s" % hmac(key, message, sha1).digest().encode('base64')[:-1] Output: $ ./foo.py +3h2gpjf4xcynjCGU5lbdMBwGOc= How does one