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Release information

8.1

What's new

Release notes

8.0

What's new

Release notes

7.2

Release notes

What's new

7.1

Release notes

What's new

7.0

Release notes

What's new

6.1

Release notes

What's new

6.0

Release notes

What's new

First steps

Understanding SecureBlackbox packages

Overview

CloudBlackbox

EDIBlackbox

FTPSBlackbox

HTTPBlackbox

MIMEBlackbox

OfficeBlackbox

OpenPGPBlackbox

PDFBlackbox

PKIBlackbox

SFTPBlackbox

SSHBlackbox

SSLBlackbox

XMLBlackbox

ZIPBlackbox

Installing the components

Installing .NET components into Visual Studio

Installing VCL components into Delphi, C++Builder, FreePascal

Installing ActiveX controls into Visual Basic 6

Using ActiveX controls with C++

Activating the components

Activating .NET components

Activating VCL components

Activating ActiveX controls and DLL interface

Limitations of the evaluation version

How to purchase a license

How to ...?

PKI

Certificates

Certificate Requests

Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)

Certificate Storages

Certificate Chains

PKCS#7-compatible signing and encryption

TSP (Timestamping Protocol)

OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)

Low-level cryptography

MS Authenticode

OpenPGP

Common OpenPGP tasks

OpenPGP key management

File encryption and signing with OpenPGP

PDF

Common PDF tasks

PDF encryption

PDF signing

XML

XML Document Object Model

XML Encryption (XMLEnc)

XML Signing (XMLDSig and XAdES)

MIME

Simple MIME

SMTP client

SSL

SSL/TLS common questions

SSL/TLS client

SSL/TLS server

HTTP/HTTPS client

FTP/FTPS client

SSH

SSH common questions

Simple SSH client

SFTP

SFTP common questions

Simple SFTP client

Reference

EDI

AS2

ElAS2Client class

ElAS2Message class

ElAS2Receipt class

ElAS2ReceiptRequest class

ElAS2Encryption class

ElAS2Signature class

Options

ElAS2HTTPOptions class

ElAS2ProxyOptions class

ElAS2SocketOptions class

ElAS2SocksOptions class

ElAS2SSLOptions class

ElAS2WebTunnelOptions class

AS3

ElAS3Client class

ElAS3Message class

ElAS3Receipt class

ElAS3ReceiptRequest class

ElAS3Encryption class

ElAS3Signature class

Options

ElAS3FTPOptions class

ElAS3ProxyOptions class

ElAS3SocketOptions class

ElAS3SocksOptions class

ElAS3SSLOptions class

ElAS3WebTunnelOptions class

Base Classes

ElASMessage class

ElASReceipt class

ElASReceiptRequest class

ElASMessageError class

ElASMessageErrorList class

ElASEncryption class

ElASSMIMEEncryption class

ElASSignature class

ElASSMIMESignature class

ElASMessageSigner class

ElASSMIMEMessageSigner class

ElASMessageVerifier class

ElASSMIMEMessageVerifier class

PKI

X.509 Certificates

ElX509Certificate class

ElX509CertificateEx class

ElX509CertificateChain class

ElCertificateLookup class

ElCertificateRequest Class

ElX509CertificateValidator class

Certificate Storages

ElCustomCertStorage class

ElFileCertStorage class

ElMemoryCertStorage class

ElWinCertStorage class

ElPKCS11CertStorage

ElPKCS11CertStorage class

ElPKCS11SessionInfo class

ElPKCS11SlotInfo class

ElPKCS11Module class

ElPKCS11Manager class

ElPKCS11Object class

ElPKCS11DataObject class

ElPKCS11CertificateObject class

ElPKCS11KeyObject class

ElPKCS11PublicKeyObject class

ElPKCS11PrivateKeyObject class

ElPKCS11SecretKeyObject class

ElPKCS11AttributeList class

ElPKCS11NSSParams class

Certificate Extensions

ElCustomExtension class

ElNetscapeString class

ElCertificateExtensions class

ElAlternativeNameExtension class

ElAuthorityInformationAccessExtension class

ElAuthorityKeyIdentifierExtension class

ElBasicConstraintsExtension class

ElCertificatePoliciesExtension class

ElCRLDistributionPointsExtension class

ElExtendedKeyUsageExtension class

ElKeyUsageExtension class

ElNameConstraintsExtension class

ElNetscapeCertTypeExtension class

ElPolicyConstraintsExtension class

ElPolicyMappingsExtension class

ElPrivateKeyUsagePeriodExtension class

ElSubjectKeyIdentifierExtension class

ElSubjectDirectoryAttributesExtension class

CRL and CRL Extensions

CRL Storage

ElCustomCRLStorage class

ElMemoryCRLStorage class

ElCRLCacheStorage class

ElCustomCRLRetriever class

ElCertificateRevocationList class

ElCertificateRevocationListEx class

ElRevocationItem class

ElCRLExtension class

ElCRLExtensions class

ElCRLEntryExtensions class

ElAuthorityKeyIdentifierCRLExtension class

ElCertificateIssuerCRLExtension class

ElCRLNumberCRLExtension class

ElDeltaCRLIndicatorCRLExtension class

ElHoldInstructionCodeCRLExtension class

ElInvalidityDateCRLExtension class

ElReasonCodeCRLExtension class

X.509 Certificates Misc

ElAccessDescription class

ElDistributionPoint class

ElEDIPartyName class

ElGeneralName class

ElGeneralNames class

ElNameConstraint class

ElOtherName class

ElPolicyMapping class

ElRelativeDistinguishedName class

ElSinglePolicyInformation class

ElUserNotice class

OCSP

ElOCSPClient class

ElOCSPServer class

ElHTTPOCSPClient class

ElFileOCSPClient class

ElOCSPResponse class

ElOCSPResponderID class

ElOCSPSingleResponse class

PKI Data Signing and Encryption

CMS

ElSignedCMSMessage class

ElCMSSignature class

ElASN1DirectoryString class

ElCMSCertificateRefs class

ElCMSCommitmentTypeIndication class

ElCMSContent class

ElCMSContentHints class

ElCMSContentReference class

ElCMSCRLIdentifier class

ElCMSCRLValidatedID class

ElCMSHash class

ElCMSMessage class

ElCMSOCSPIdentifier class

ElCMSOCSPResponsesID class

ElCMSProperty class

ElCMSRevocationRef class

ElCMSRevocationRefs class

ElCMSRevocationValues class

ElCMSSignaturePolicy class

ElCMSSignerIdentifier class

ElCMSSignerLocation class

ElCMSSigningCertificate class

ElCMSSigPolicyQualifier class

ElCMSTimestamp class

Simple security

Main classes

ElMessageEncryptor class

ElMessageDecryptor class

ElMessageSigner class

ElMessageVerifier class

Supplementary classes and functions

ElPKCS7Attributes class

ElPKCS7Issuer class

ElPKCS7Signer class

FormatAttributeValue function

UnformatAttributeValue function

PKI-based timestamping (TSP)

ElCustomTSPServer class

ElCustomTSPClient class

ElFileTSPClient class

ElFileTSPServer class

ElHTTPTSPClient class

ElTSPInfo class

ElClientTSPInfo class

ElServerTSPInfo class

Low-level cryptography

ElKeyMaterial class

Crypto Providers

ElCustomCryptoProvider class

ElBuiltInCryptoProvider class

ElWin32CryptoProvider class

ElPKCS11CryptoProvider class

ElDLLCryptoProvider class

ElCustomCryptoProviderManager class

ElBuiltInCryptoProviderManager class

ElFIPSCompliantCryptoProviderManager class

Asymmetric (public key based)

ElPublicKeyCryptoFactory class

ElPublicKeyMaterial class

ElPublicKeyCrypto class

ElRSAKeyMaterial class

ElRSAPublicKeyCrypto class

ElDSAKeyMaterial class

ElDSAPublicKeyCrypto class

ElElgamalKeyMaterial class

ElElgamalPublicKeyCrypto class

ElECKeyMaterial class

ElECDSAPublicKeyCrypto class

ElDHKeyMaterial class

Symmetric (secret key based)

ElSymmetricCryptoFactory class

ElSymmetricKeyMaterial class

ElHMACKeyMaterial class

ElHashFunction class

ElSymmetricCrypto class

El3DESSymmetricCrypto class

ElAESSymmetricCrypto class

ElBlowfishSymmetricCrypto class

ElCamelliaSymmetricCrypto class

ElCAST128SymmetricCrypto class

ElDESSymmetricCrypto class

ElIDEASymmetricCrypto class

ElRC2SymmetricCrypto class

ElRC4SymmetricCrypto class

ElSerpentSymmetricCrypto class

ElTwofishSymmetricCrypto class

Authenticode

ElAuthenticodeSigner class

ElAuthenticodeVerifier class

OpenPGP

ElPGPReader class

ElPGPWriter class

PGP Keys

ElPGPCustomPublicKey class

ElPGPCustomSecretKey class

ElPGPCustomUser class

ElPGPKeyring class

ElPGPPublicKey class

ElPGPPublicSubkey class

ElPGPSecretKey class

ElPGPSecretSubkey class

ElPGPSignature class

ElPGPTrust class

ElPGPUserAttr class

ElPGPUserID class

ElPGPJpegImage class

PGP Streams

ElPGPStream class

ElPGPArmoringStream class

ElPGPDearmoringStream class

ElPGPCompressingStream class

ElPGPDecompressingStream class

ElPGPEncryptingStream class

ElPGPDecryptingStream class

ElPGPEnvelopingStream class

ElPGPUnenvelopingStream class

ElPGPSigningStream class

ElPGPClearTextVerifyingStream class

PGP Signature Subpackets

ElPGPSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPCreationTimeSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPExpirationTimeSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPExportableCertificationSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPIssuerKeyIDSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPKeyExpirationTimeSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPKeyFlagsSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPKeyServerPreferencesSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPNotationDataSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPolicyURLSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPreferredCompressionAlgorithmsSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPreferredHashAlgorithmsSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPreferredKeyServerSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPreferredSymmetricAlgorithmsSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPPrimaryUserIDSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPReasonForRevocationSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPRegularExpressionSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPRevocableSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPRevocationKeySignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPTrustSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPX509SignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPSignersUserIDSignatureSubpacket class

ElPGPUtilsX class

PDF

ElPDFDocument class

ElPDFFileAttachment class

ElPDFImage class

ElPDFSignature class

ElPDFSignatureWidgetProps class

ElPDFPermissions class

ElPDFPublicKeyRecipientGroup class

ElPDFSecurityHandler class

ElPDFPasswordSecurityHandler class

ElPDFPublicKeySecurityHandler class

ElPDFPageInfo class

ElPDFSignatureInfo class

ElPDFPublicKeyRevocationInfo class

ElPDFRequirement class

ElPDFRequirementHandler class

PDF fonts

ElPDFCustomFont class

ElPDFCustomFontObject class

ElPDFSimpleFont class

ElPDFEncoding class

ElPDFFontDescriptor class

ElPDFCompositeFont class

ElPDFCIDFont class

ElPDFCIDSystemInfo class

ElPDFCIDFontDescriptor class

ElPDFMetricW class

ElPDFMetricW2 class

XML

XML Charsets

ElXMLCodec class

ElXML8BitCodec class

ElXMLUnicodeCodec class

ElXMLUTF8Codec class

XML Document Object Model

ElXMLDOMAttr class

ElXMLDOMCDATASection class

ElXMLDOMCharacterData class

ElXMLDOMComment class

ElXMLDOMDocument class

ElXMLDOMDocumentType class

ElXMLDOMDocumentFragment class

ElXMLDOMElement class

ElXMLDOMEntity class

ElXMLDOMEntityReference class

ElXMLDOMNamedNodeMap class

ElXMLDOMNode class

ElXMLDOMNodeList class

ElXMLDOMNotation class

ElXMLDOMProcessingInstruction class

ElXMLDOMText class

ParseElementFromXMLString function

XML Security

Main classes

ElXMLEncryptor class

ElXMLDecryptor class

ElXMLSigner class

ElXMLVerifier class

Supplementary classes

ElXMLBase64Transform class

ElXMLBinaryDecryptionTransform class

ElXMLC14NTransform class

ElXMLCipherData class

ElXMLCipherReference class

ElXMLCustomDecryptionTransform class

ElXMLCustomElement class

ElXMLDecryptionExcept class

ElXMLDecryptionTransform class

ElXMLEncryptedData class

ElXMLEncryptedKey class

ElXMLEncryptedType class

ElXMLEncryptionMethodType class

ElXMLEncryptionProperties class

ElXMLEnvelopedSignatureTransform class

ElXMLKeyInfo class

ElXMLKeyInfoData class

ElXMLKeyInfoDSAData class

ElXMLKeyInfoHMACData class

ElXMLKeyInfoItem class

ElXMLKeyInfoNode class

ElXMLKeyInfoPGPData class

ElXMLKeyInfoRetrievalMethod class

ElXMLKeyInfoRSAData class

ElXMLKeyInfoSymmetricData class

ElXMLKeyInfoX509Data class

ElXMLManifest class

ElXMLNamespaceMap class

ElXMLProperties class

ElXMLProperty class

ElXMLReference class

ElXMLReferenceList class

ElXMLTransform class

ElXMLTransformChain class

ElXMLXPathTransform class

XAdES

ElXMLSignature class

ElXAdESSigner class

ElXAdESVerifier class

ElXMLAdESElement class

ElXMLAnyType class

ElXMLAnyTypeList class

ElXMLCertID class

ElXMLCertIDList class

ElXMLClaimedRole class

ElXMLClaimedRolesList class

ElXMLCustomFormatter class

ElXMLGenericTimestamp class

ElXMLGenericTimestampList class

ElXMLQualifyingPropertiesReferenceList class

ElXMLQualifyingPropertiesReference class

ElXMLQualifyingProperties class

ElXMLSignedProperties class

ElXMLUnsignedProperties class

ElXMLSignedSignatureProperties class

ElXMLSignedDataObjectProperties class

ElXMLUnsignedSignatureProperties class

ElXMLSignaturePolicyIdentifier class

ElXMLSignaturePolicyID class

ElXMLSignatureProductionPlace class

ElXMLSignerRole class

ElXMLCustomTimestamp class

ElXMLCustomTimestampList class

ElXMLTimestamp class

ElXMLTimestampList class

ElXMLObjectIdentifier class

ElXMLDigestAlgAndValue class

ElXMLIssuerSerial class

ElXMLEncapsulatedPKIDataList class

ElXMLEncapsulatedPKIData class

ElXMLHashDataInfoList class

ElXMLHashDataInfo class

ElXMLDataObjectFormatList class

ElXMLDataObjectFormat class

ElXMLCommitmentTypeIndicationList class

ElXMLCommitmentTypeIndication class

ElXMLCounterSignatureList class

ElXMLCounterSignature class

ElXMLCompleteCertificateRefs class

ElXMLCRLRefs class

ElXMLCRLRef class

ElXMLCRLIdentifier class

ElXMLOCSPRefs class

ElXMLOCSPRef class

ElXMLOCSPIdentifier class

ElXMLCertificateValues class

ElXMLRevocationValues class

ElXMLSignatureValue class

ElXMLObjectList class

ElXMLObject class

ElXMLSignedInfo class

ElXMLInclude class

ElXMLIncludeList class

ElXMLTimestamp_v1_2_2 class

ElXMLTimestampList_v1_2_2 class

ElCustomTSPClientList class

MIME

MIME Basic

ElSimpleMIMEMessage class

ElSimpleMIMEAttachment class

ElMessage class

ElMessagePart class

ElMultiPartList class

ElPlainTextPart class

ElMessageHeader class

ElMessageHeaderField class

ElMailAddress class

ElMailAddressGroup class

ElMailAddressList class

MIME Misc

ElMessagePartHandler class

ElRegisteredMessagePartHandlers class

ElSimpleProcessController class

ElCustomControlledProcess class

IElProcessController interface

ElNativeStream class

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)

ElDKPublicKey class

ElDKRSAPublicKey class

ElDKDNSRecord class

ElDomainKeysSigner class

ElDomainKeysVerifier class

ElDKSignature class

S/MIME and OpenPGP/MIME

ElSimpleSMIMEMessage class

ElSimpleSMIMEOptions class

ElMessagePartHandlerSMime class

ElSMIMEMessageSigner class

ElSMIMEMessageVerifier class

ElSimplePGPMIMEMessage class

ElSimplePGPMIMEOptions class

ElMessagePartHandlerPGPMime class

SSL/TLS

ElSimpleSSLClient class

ElSecureClient class

ElSecureServer class

ElSessionPool class

ElSSLSocket class

ElClientSSLSocket class

ElServerSSLSocket class

SSL Extensions

ElCustomSSLExtensions class

ElClientSSLExtensions class

ElServerSSLExtensions class

ElCustomSSLExtension class

ElClientCertURLsSSLExtension class

ElTruncatedHMACSSLExtension class

ElCertificateStatusSSLExtension class

ElMaxFragmentLengthSSLExtension class

ElTrustedCAsSSLExtension class

ElCertHashTypesSSLExtension class

ElServerNameSSLExtension class

ElUserNameSSLExtension class

ElServerCertificateTypeSSLExtension class

ElClientCertificateTypeSSLExtension class

ElRenegotiationInfoSSLExtension class

DTLS

ElDTLSClient class

ElDTLSServer class

ElDTLSServerFactory class

OpenPGP/TLS

ElSSLPGPCertificateTypeHandler class

ElSSLClientPGPCertificateTypeHandler class

ElSSLServerPGPCertificateTypeHandler class

Internet Protocols

HTTPS

ElHTTPSClient class

ElHTTPRequestParams class

FTPS

ElSimpleFTPSClient class

SBFTPProxySettings class

SMTP

ElSMTPClient class

SSH

ElSimpleSSHClient class

ElSSHClient class

ElSSHServer class

ElSSHPublicKeyClient class

ElSSHPublicKeyServer class

ElTerminalInfo class

Simple port forwarding

ElSSHCustomForwarding class

ElSSHLocalPortForwarding class

ElSSHRemotePortForwarding class

ElSSHForwardingIntercept class

ElSSHForwardedConnection class

SSH server auxiliary

ElCustomSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElShellSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElPublicKeySSHSubsystemHandler class

ElCustomSocketForwardingSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElTCPForwardingSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElClientTCPForwardingSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElServerTCPForwardingSSHSubsystemHandler class

OpenPGP/SSH

ElSSHPGPKey class

ElSSHPGPAuthHandler class

SSH Tunnels

ElSSHTunnelList class

ElCustomSSHTunnel class

ElShellSSHTunnel class

ElCommandSSHTunnel class

ElSubsystemSSHTunnel class

ElLocalPortForwardSSHTunnel class

ElRemotePortForwardSSHTunnel class

ElAuthenticationAgentSSHTunnel class

ElSSHForwardingTunnel class

ElX11ForwardSSHTunnel class

ElSSHTunnelConnectionList class

ElSSHTunnelConnection class

ElSSHClientTunnelConnection class

SSH Keys

ElSSHCustomKeyStorage class

ElSSHMemoryKeyStorage class

ElSSHPKCS11KeyStorage class

ElSSHKey class

ElSSHPublicKeyAttributes class

SFTP

Increasing speed of SFTP transfer

ElSFTPServer class

ElSFTPSSHSubsystemHandler class

ElSimpleSftpClient class

ElSftpClient class

ElSftpFileAttributes class

ElSftpFileInfo class

ElSftpExtendedProperties class

ElSftpSupportedExtension class

ElSftpNewlineExtension class

ElSftpVersionsExtension class

SBSftpExtendedAttribute class

ElSftpExtendedReply class

ElSftpCheckFileReply class

ElSftpSpaceAvailableReply class

Zip

ElZipReader class

ElZipWriter class

ElArchiveDirectoryEntry class

ElZipArchiveDirectoryEntry class

ElZipDosFileAttributes class

ElBaseArchive class

ElZipStrongEncryptionInfo class

ElZipStrongEncryptionSignatureInfo class

Data Storage

ElAWSS3DataStorage class

ElFileDataStorage class

ElWinAzureDataStorage class

ElDefaultDataStorageSecurityHandler class

Supplementary classes

ElAWSS3DataStorageBucket class

ElAWSS3DataStorageBucketList class

ElAWSS3DataStorageObject class

ElCustomDataStorage class

ElCustomDataStorageObject class

ElCustomDataStorageSecurityHandler class

ElDataStorageObjectList class

ElFileDataStorageObject class

ElWinAzureDataStorageContainer class

ElWinAzureDataStorageContainerList class

ElWinAzureDataStorageObject class

Office

ElOfficeDocument class

ElOfficeBinaryDocument class

ElOfficeOpenXMLPackage class

ElOfficeOpenXMLDocument class

ElOfficeOpenXPSDocument class

ElOpenOfficeDocument class

OPC

ElOfficePackage class

ElOfficePackagePart class

ElOfficeOpenXMLElement class

ElOfficeOpenXMLRelationship class

ElOfficeOpenXMLRelationships class

ElOfficeOpenXMLContentTypes class

ElOfficeOpenXMLDefault class

ElOfficeOpenXMLDefaultList class

ElOfficeOpenXMLOverride class

ElOfficeOpenXMLOverrideList class

ElOfficeXMLDCSimpleLiteral class

ElOfficeOpenXMLCoreProperties class

Security Handlers

ElOfficeCustomSecurityHandler class

ElOfficeCustomEncryptionHandler class

ElOfficeCustomSignatureHandler class

Compound File Storage

ElCompoundFileStorage class

Misc

Unicode

StrToUTF8 function

UTF8ToStr function

StrToWideStr function

WideStrToStr function

SetDefaultCharset procedure

ElRandom class

ElFileObject class

ElArrayConverter class

ElPEMProcessor class

ElSocket class

ElSocketBinding class

GetAlgorithmNameByAlgorithm function

GetAlgorithmNameByOID function

Supplementary classes for Indy

SSL support for Indy

Using SecureBlackbox with Indy for SSL support

Indy 9

ElIndySSLIOHandlerSocket class

ElIndySSLIOHandlerServerSocket class

ElIndySSLServerIOHandler class

ElIdFTPIOHandlerSocket class

ElIdFTP class

Indy 10

ElClientIndySSLIOHandlerSocket class

ElClientServerIndySSLIOHandlerSocket class

ElIndySSLServerIOHandler class

SSH support for Indy

Indy 9

ElClientIndySSHTransport class

ElClientIndySSHIOHandlerSocket class

ElIdSSHConnection class

ElIdSSHConnectionIOHandler class

ElIdSSHServerIOHandler class

ElIdSSHClientServerIOHandler class

Indy 10

ElClientIndySSHTransport class

ElClientIndySSHIOHandlerSocket class

ElIdSSHConnection class

ElIdSSHConnectionIOHandler class

ElIdSSHServerIOHandler class

ElIdSSHClientServerIOHandler class

ElIndySSHShellIOHandlerSocket class

ElIdSSHClient class

ElIdSFTPClient class

Error Handling

Error Codes

Authenticode Error Codes

CRL Error Codes

Domain Keys DNS Error Codes

Domain Keys Signer Error Codes

Domain Keys Verifier Error Codes

Message Error Codes

Message S/MIME Error Codes

MS Key Blob Error Codes

OCSP Error Codes

PEM Error Codes

PKCS12 Error Codes

PVK Error Codes

S/MIME Error Codes

SFTP Error Codes

SPC Error Codes

SSH Error Codes

SSH Key Error Codes

SSH Tunnel Error Codes

SSL Error Codes

TSP Error Codes

Exception classes

ESecureBlackboxError class

Error Handling

IDEA module

Sample applications

Sample code and applications

Additional documentation

Additional articles and tutorials

Deployment

Deployment of .NET components

Deployment of VCL components

Deployment of ActiveX controls and DLL libraries

Legal information

Copyrights and patents

Licenses

Contact information

Technical support

Sales-related and non-technical questions

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