Baltimore Technologies Launches CST for VB, the World's First Cryptography Toolkit for Visual Basic.DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1997--Baltimore Technologies confirms their leadership in information security with the launch of CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. for VB, a cryptography toolkit for Visual Basic developers. CST for VB, the latest version of the world class CST product, has been specially designed for Visual Basic applications. Its powerful, rich set of cryptographic components enable developers to build strong information security systems facilitating secure data transmission, data storage/retrieval, encrypted email and secure communication. Cryptography is essential for software developers wishing to add confidentiality, authentication, and validation to any form of data. As Visual Basic is one of the most popular programming languages a unique requirement exists for a toolkit that provides cryptographic functionality and can be called by not only VB but any language that can call a DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. . Fran Rooney Fran Rooney (born 1956 in Dublin, Ireland) is one of Ireland's best known businessmen. Fran Rooney grew up in Ringsend and started his career in the Irish Government sector with various roles in the Postal, Telecoms and Civil Aviation sectors. , Managing Director of Baltimore Technologies, commented, "Baltimore Technologies are pleased to be first in addressing the security requirements of Visual Basic programmers. Our CST for VB offers unparalleled variety and performance for any cryptographic application enabling developers to build strong information security systems using Visual Basic." CST for VB contains implementations of the most popular and trusted cryptographic algorithms (RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. , DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. , DES, Triple DES, IDEA etc.). These are accessed through an Application Programmer's Interface (API) which is based on Microsoft's well-known Crypto API (CAPI 1. CAPI - Calendar Application Programming Interface. 2. (cryptography) CAPI - Cryptographic Application Programming Interface. 3. (networking) CAPI - Common ISDN Application Programming Interface. ), enabling developers to include cryptographic functions in their applications in a straightforward and consistent manner. It also provides access to a range of powerful pseudo-random number generators. RSA keys can be up to 2048 bits in length, and DSA keys can be any length up to the 1024 bit maximum length specified in the standard. CST for VB is provided as a DLL originally written in C so programmers can combine the speed and power of C with the ease of development of VB to add full cryptographic functionality to VB applications in a few minutes. CST for VB is currently being used by organisations worldwide to satisfy specific security applications. "An integral part of a customer project necessitated easy to use yet strong cryptography that could be implemented in a Visual Basic environment," commented Brian Caulfield, Managing Director of Peregrine Systems Ltd. "Following detailed evaluation of Baltimore's CST product range, we found their products to be world class and their CST for VB fully satisfied our security requirements." About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies is a world leader in the provision of Information Security products and systems. Its products include solutions for secure email, web & e-commerce. Baltimore Technologies also provides a range of C and Java cryptography libraries and supplies design and consultancy services to the IT security industry. Over thirty people are employed at its headquarters in the International Financial Services Centre The International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), or An Lárionad Seirbhísí Airgeadais Idirnáisiúnta (LSAI) in Irish, is a major financial services centre in North Wall, Dublin, Ireland. in Dublin. Baltimore Technologies was founded in 1976 and is privately held. The EU-funded research project, EUROTRUST, is operated by Baltimore Technologies. EUROTRUST is developing a Trusted Third Party In cryptography, a trusted third party (TTP) is an entity which facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party; they use this trust to secure their own interactions. TTPs are common in cryptographic protocols, for example, a certificate authority (CA). (TTP TTP (thymidine triphosphate): see thymine. ) infrastructure for electronic commerce throughout Europe in conjunction with commercial and industry partners. EUROTRUST is funded under the EU's DGXIII programme. CONTACT: Ms Carol Clavin Baltimore Technologies Ltd. IFSC IFSC Irish Financial Services Centre IFSC International Federation of Surgical Colleges (Switzerland) IFSC Indian Financial System Code IFSC International Fuzzy Systems Conference IFSC Information Field Size Integrated Circuit Card House, International Financial Services Centre Custom House Quay Dublin 1, Ireland Direct: +353-1-605 4357 Fax: +353-1-605 4388 Email: press@baltimore.ie Web: http://www.baltimore.ie |
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