Tester of cryptographic service providers

Details Tester of cryptographic service providers Tester of cryptographic service providers

2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Barron, Gilberto (Department: 2132)

Cryptography

Equipment test or malfunction indication

C717S124000, C717S126000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07079648

ABSTRACT:
An implementation of a technology, described herein, for ensuring reliability, stability, and adherence to a given set of security conformance standards for cryptographic program modules. An implementation of the present claimed invention is a debugging and testing tool for customized cryptographic service providers (“CSPs”). A CSP has a cryptographic type and functionality level within that type. The CSPs are tested based various test classifications. The crypto sub-system of the OS has a set of application program interface (“API”) that manage cryptographic procedures called “CryptoAPI.” For a CSP to be considered reliable, stable, and in compliance with a given set of security conformance standards, it must successfully operate with the CryptoAPI in a reliable and stable manner and it must react appropriately for the given security conformance standards. The CSPs are tested in order of increasing complexity/sophistication in functionality from simplest to most complex. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.

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