| Solution title |
SecureBlackbox® |
PowerTCP SSL Tool |
IP*Works! SSL Internet Tollkit |
CryptoAPI + SChannel |
StreamSec Tools (StrSecII) |
OpenSSL |
| Developer |
EldoS Corporation |
Dart Communications |
/n software inc. |
Microsoft Corporation |
StreamSec |
Open-source community |
| Licensing and support |
| License |
Commercial |
Commercial |
Commercial |
Part of Windows OS |
Commercial |
Freeware |
| Price (starting from) |
$188 |
$999 |
$945 |
Part of Windows® |
€499 (single-developer license) |
freeware/open-source |
| Support |
lifetime free support
free updates until release of next major version
Newsgroups, online |
1 year of support is included with subscription package. |
Standard Support - Free
Premium Support - $495 per year
Per-Incident Support - $145 per incident |
Newsgroups, Microsoft support |
subscription-based support (i.e. free with subscription licenses) |
free support via mailing list |
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Secure protocols implementation
(SSL Provider) |
native |
CryptoAPI |
CryptoAPI for Windows, JVM for Java |
CryptoAPI |
native |
native |
| Platforms and development tools |
| Dev.tools |
- Delphi / C++Builder (native code)
- FreePascal
- Visual C++
- Visual Basic 6
- Visual Studio.NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008
- C#Builder
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Any dev.tool that supports ActiveX |
- Delphi
- C++Builder
- Visual C++
- eMbedded VC
- Java
- Any dev.tool that supports ActiveX or DLLs
- Visual Studio.NET
- Borland C#Builder
- Borland Delphi 8
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Visual C++
Any dev.tool that supports DLL (headers and declarations required)
Any dev.tool that supports ActiveX (for CryptoAPI only) |
Delphi (native code) |
GCC, Visual C++ etc. |
| Platforms |
Windows, Linux, .NET |
Windows, .NET (ActiveX/DLL) |
Windows, Java, PocketPC, .NET |
Windows, PocketPC |
Windows, Linux |
Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS etc. |
| Code linkage |
| Native Delphi code |
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| External DLL a |
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| External ActiveX component |
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CryptoAPI only |
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| Implemented protocols |
| SSL2 |
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| SSL3 |
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| TLS |
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| PCT |
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| Transport layer (sockets/custom) |
sockets,
any custom |
sockets |
asynchronous sockets |
sockets |
any custom |
sockets |
| Encryption algorithm (is encryption part of the solution, or third library is used) |
native |
external |
external |
native |
native |
native |
| Certificates |
| generation |
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| validation |
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client-side only |
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| custom storage |
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| system storage |
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| Documentation |
| getting started |
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 (you can use OpenSSL for Windows developer's guide by Trizen) |
| how to/faq |
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several questions on the web-site |
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| objects/classes/API description |
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custom format, integrating into Delphi IDE |
incomplete, hard to use |
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| Examples |
Delphi, C#, VB6, VB.NET, Visual C++ samples for both server and client. |
Delphi, VB samples and more |
demo applications for Delphi and ActiveX |
C++ samples in Platform SDK |
demo applications |
demo applications (.c, .cpp) |
| Protocols |
| Application-level protocols |
via third-party libraries (Indy, ICS) |
Secure ActiveX COM controls for TCP, TCP Server, POP3, FTP, and FTP Server. |
HTTPS, SMTPS, POPS, FTPS, IMAPS, LDAPS, NNTPS, SOAPS (and more) |
external |
external |
external |
| Possibility to create own TCP-based protocols and access to socket layer |
using TClientSocket / TServerSocket, Indy, ICS, NexusDB, RealThinClient, .NET Socket class, CSocket / CAsyncSocket (ready-to-use classes included) or other third-party components and classes |
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using third-party components |
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