The source code in this directory can be used to build a DLL that encodes and decodes several different types of X509 Certificate Extensions, in support of Policy or Exit Modules for Microsoft Certificate Services, or for any other code that needs to encode or decode Certificate Extensions. It is meant to run on Windows NT 4.0 with SP3 or later or on Windows 2000 only. Certificate Services must already be installed for this DLL to be used by a Policy or Exit Module. This DLL implements several COM interfaces to allow C++ or Visual Basic code to encode extensions without having any knowledge of the Crypto APIs, using only basic COM support and the BSTR data type to represent binary encoded extensions. For examples using these interfaces to encode Certificate Extensions, see the C++ or Visual Basic sample Policy Modules in sibling directories. The following routines in the C++ Policy Module encode extensions using interfaces defined here: CCertPolicy::_AddRevocationExtension (ICertEncodeCRLDistInfo) CCertPolicy::_AddCertTypeExtension (ICertEncodeBitString) CCertPolicy::_AddSubjectAltNameExtension (ICertEncodeAltName) The Visual Basic policy module encodes the following extension types using interfaces defined here: ICertEncodeStringArray Once the certenc.dll DLL is built, its COM interface must be registered via the following command: regsvr32 certenc.dll If you use the certenc.dll built from these SDK sources with the Visual Basic policy module (policyvb.dll), you must use the SDK version of the Visual Basic policy module. This is because the Visual Basic policy module shipped with Cert Server 1.0 references a sample interface that is no longer provided as part of certenc.dll. Files: ------ adate.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeDateArray (encode a DATE Array) adate.h -- Implements ICertEncodeDateArray along.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeLongArray (encode a LONG Array) along.h -- Implements ICertEncodeLongArray altname.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeAltName (encode CERT_ALT_NAME_ENTRY) altname.h -- Implements ICertEncodeAltName astring.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeStringArray (encode a String Array) astring.h -- Implements ICertEncodeStringArray atl.cpp -- ActiveX Template Library COM support code bitstr.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeBitString (encode a Bit String) bitstr.h -- Implements ICertEncodeBitString celib.cpp -- Implements support routines ceerror.cpp -- Implements error handling routines certenc.cpp -- Implements COM and initialization entry points: DllMain DllCanUnloadNow DllGetClassObject DllRegisterServer DllUnregisterServer certenc.def -- Exports COM entry points certenc.idl -- Defines certenc.dll's COM interfaces certenc.rc -- Version Resource crldist.cpp -- Implements ICertEncodeCRLDistInfo (encode CRL_DIST_POINTS_INFO) crldist.h -- Implements ICertEncodeCRLDistInfo pch.cpp -- Precompiled Header file resource.h -- Resource ID definitions