Cipher object
The PKCS#11 API provides a standard method for accessing and managing keys, and performing cryptographic operations. Providing a system-independent layer, however, introduces a considerable amount of overhead.
ProtectToolkit provides an internal API which bypasses the PKCS#11 subsystem to perform high-performance cryptographic functions.
The cipher object access API
Cryptographic operations require that you obtain a pointer to an instance of a cipher object or a hash object. A cipher object can be be used to encrypt, decrypt, sign (or MAC), or verify data. A hash object is used to perform a digest operation. There is a function for obtaining an instance of each of these objects.
This chapter provides details on Cipher Objects:
See Hash object for information on Hash Objects.
