For long-term Visual C++ developers, the CryptoAPI will be a familiar part of your programming toolkit. If you're developing Windows Vista applications, though, you should be applying the new Windows Cryptography API: Next Generation.
Protect software with product keys based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
Protect Software with Product Keys based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
The need to encrypt sensitive information is more important than ever. Luckily, the C++ class library Crypto++ enables you to encrypt your application data regularly and painlessly.
Learn about a C++/C implementation of CBC DES/DES3.
A frequent challenge is to encrypt and decrypt a string or password. This article contains a C and C++ project that will do this job.
Quirky and yet persistent, C++ is a language that keeps programmers coming back to it. Pick up some new ways to wrangle it into your workflow.
HTTP isn't the only network protocol that's useful. Learn about, or beef up your skills with, socket-level programming.
Learn about the functions, and see a small example of how the particular functions can be used.
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