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From: Dean Earley on 18 Jun 2008 08:58
Manish wrote:
> On Jun 17, 6:18 pm, Larry Lindstrom <nob...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Manish wrote:
>>> On Jun 17, 12:58 am, philippe <phili...(a)phil.com> wrote:
>>>> Manish wrote:
>>>>> Hi, i am trying to encrypt data usingAESalgoritm
>>>>> I am using the CryptDeriveKey API with CALG_AES_128.But it returns
>>>>> false.
>>>>> last error specifies "Invalid Algorithm specified".
>>>>> It works fine for CALG_DES.but failing for CALG_AES.
>>>>> I am working on windows xp platform.
>>>>> IsAESis not supported om win32???
>>>> It seems only available on OS >= Vista
>>> So it is not supported in windows NT based OS less than Vista?Like
>>> xp, 2000...
>>> But msdn has nt given any such detail.
>> Hi Mahish:
>>
>> I'd hate to change crypto libraries after getting LibTomCrypt
>> to work.
>>
>> If you need crypto on an OS earlier than Vista, there are
>> several libraries out there.
>
> Hi Larry,
> I have already used once fips validated library and i am able to do
> the task.
> But i am more interested to know whether it is possible without using
> any 3rd party library.
> Windows itself support des and triple des.
> i just want to know whether aes is supported on OS lbelow vista. If
> yes then how ??

Plain "AES" appears to be XP and above.
The MSDN page only gives that one as windows version specific, so I
assume the rest exist with the crypto API.

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Dean Earley (dean.earley(a)icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

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