cryptoservices/certificateandkeymgmt/group/release.txt
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28 January 2000
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First mainline release of certificate management code
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This release consists of 6 DLLs:
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asn1.dll: 
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	-basic ASN.1/DER decoding functionality
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	-depends on euser and bigint
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x500.dll:
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	-processing of X.500 Distinguished Names
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	-depends on euser, estor and asn1
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crypto.dll:
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	-handling of generic signature verification functionality
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	-depends on euser, estor, cryptalg and hash
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certstore.dll
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	-handling of certificate storage
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	-depends on euser, estor, efsrv and crypto
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x509.dll
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	-processing of X.509 certificates
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	-depends on euser, bafl, estor, asn1, certstore bigint, x500, cryptalg and crypto
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	-extraction of DH keys is currently *not* supported: this will happen in the next
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	release
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pkixCert.dll
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	-processing of X.509 certificates according to the PKIX profile (RFC 2459)
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	-depends on euser, x500, x509, certstore and crypto
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3 test executables are also included with the release:
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tx509.exe:
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	-tests X.509 certificate processing, including OOM handling
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	-requires the existence of a directory 'c:\system\testdata'
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	-the program reads all the files in the directory and attempts 
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	to process them as X.509 certificates
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	-for each file it attempts to process, it writes success or failure 
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	to the console. The names of failed files are written to 'c:\errfile.txt',
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	and details of each successfully parsed certificate to 'c:\outfile.txt'
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	-a .zip file, 'testdata.zip' is included in '\certman\tx509': this 
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	contains sample X.509 certificates which may be extracted to 
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	'c:\system\testdata' for processing.
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tcertstore.exe:
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	-tests basic certificate store functionality
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	-requires the existence of an certificate store file, 'certx509.dat', in 
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	'c:\system\data', and the existence of certain specific certificate files in 
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	'c:\system\testdata': these files, along with a suitable certificate store, 
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	are included in the .zip file 'testdata.zip' which is found in '\certman\tcertstore'
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tpkixcert.exe
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	-test basic chain building functionality, and a little validation functionality
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	'c:\system\testdata': these files are included in the .zip file 'testdata.zip' 
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	which is found in '\certman\tpkixcert'. It also reqiuires the existence of a file called 
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	'correctchain.txt' in 'c:\': this file is also included in the .zip.
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N.B. certstore.dll also needs a certificate store file, 'certx509.dat', in 'c:\system\data'. 
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While it is best if the tcertstore test program starts with an empty store, it is more useful to 
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dependent code if the store is already populated. So, an alternative 'certx509.dat' is included in 
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'\certman\certstore' for use by certstore.dll when code other than the dedicated test code is using it.
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This file currently contains:
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	Clients:
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		Name = "Software Install", UID = 0x100042AB       
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		Name = "T_SSLWeb.exe", UID = 1
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	Certs: 
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		Thawte root