Security Builder

The documentation for Security Builder API is split into three sections:

  1. The Security Builder API User's Guide, which provides an overview of how to use Security Builder API.
  2. The Security Builder API API Reference , which provides a full reference to all of the provided cryptographic functions.
  3. The Security Builder Crypto-C Adapter Guide for Security Builder GSE-C 5.6 Provider, which provides a reference to provider registration functions.

Related links

  • Developing an Application

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