... the flexibility to invoke functionality implemented by CSPs. It also manages certificates to be issued to various applications. Cryptographic functionality has been available with Windows NT(r), Windows 95(r), and later Windows operating systems since the introduction of CryptoAPI in 1996. CAPICOM was introduced in 2001 and was designed to enable easier access to underlying CryptoAPI functionality. This document will elaborate on the basic functionalities of CAPICOM followed by a detailed study of the CAPICOM.EnvelopedData and CAPICOM.EncryptedData objects discussing the encryption techniques used in their initialization. Further to this, the differences and compatibilities of the two versions CAPICOM 1.0 and CAPICOM 2.0 are discussed. II. CAPICOM CAPICOM is a Microsoft(r) ActiveX(r) control that provides a COM interface to Microsoft CryptoAPI. The interface provided gives developers the ease of inclusion of digital signing and encryption functionality in their applications. It provides advanced capability, including support for CMS signatures, enveloped messages, encryption, hashing, cryptographically strong ...

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