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Chapter 2
Algorithm Info Types
This chapter lists the standard algorithm info types (AIs) offered in RSA BSAFE
Crypto-C (Crypto-C). A typical application supplies an algorithm info type as the
infoType
argument to B_SetAlgorithmInfo. For examples of how to use algorithm
info types with certain algorithms, see the
User’s Manual
.
An AI not only specifies which algorithm to use, but also specifies the format of the
algorithm parameters. You supply the algorithm parameters as the
info
argument to
B_SetAlgorithmInfo.
The entry for each AI occupies one or two pages. See the next page for a description of
the entry format.
Some algorithm info types, such as encryption and signature algorithms, need a key
object. If an algorithm calls for a key object, the AI entry will describe which KI to use
to set the key object. For a complete list of KIs, see Chapter 3.
The algorithm info types pass information from and to various
B_ functions. See
Chapter 4 for the descriptions and prototypes of these functions.