Security Builder API User's Guide

The Security Builder is a software library that allows you to seamlessly add cryptographic support to your application.

This document is intended to give you all the information you need to start developing applications using the Security Builder API.

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  • Developing an Application

  • Point Compression

    In Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), public keys are points on elliptic curves. An elliptic curve point is a point in a two-dimensional space.

  • Supported Algorithms

    The following tables indicate which files contain implementations of each algorithm.

  • Recommendation on the use of Hash Algorithms

    Hash algorithms have been gaining intense attention in the cryptography and information security community due to a number of attacks that have been discovered on these algorithms in recent years.

  • Implicit Certificates

    Traditional certificates contain identification data, a public key and a digital signature which binds the public key to the user’s identification data. This signature also verifies that this binding is accepted by an authority (or trusted third-party). The public key and digital signature are distinct data elements of these traditional certificates.