[xmlsec] Wouter's response to mscrypto password callback

[Wouter Ketting]

thnx, replied to wrong address.... :o

On Friday 16 December 2005 21:26, Edward Shallow wrote:
> On Friday 16 December 2005 20:03, Edward Shallow wrote:
> > Hi Aleksey,
> >
> >    Is there an equivalent password callback that is similar in
> > functionality to the xmlsec xmlSecErrorsSetCallback ?
> >
> > I am using private keys with passwords loaded by name from the MS
> > Crypto Store. At run time the Windows password prompt dialog box pops
> > up. I would like to be able to specify/set a password callback which
> > would take a string argument and return a password.
> >
> > Is this possible with mscrypto ? If not is there another way to do this ?
>
> Password callback functionality is not implemented for mscrypto currently,
> the reason for this is that MS CryptoAPI does only have partial password
> callback support itself: only for certain crypto service providers, only on
> the latest platforms, like windows XP and up.
>
> You could give it a try though....
>
> Wouter
>
>
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