Cryptography Data Types

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4/8/2010

The following table shows the Cryptography data types with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
ALG_ID	This data type specifies algorithm identifiers.
HCRYPTHASH	This data type represents handles to hash objects
HCRYPTKEY	This data type represents handles to cryptographic keys.
HCRYPTPROV	This data type represents handles to cryptographic service providers (CSPs).

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