Asynchronous operation mode, on the other hand, gives you flexibility and complete control over your application communications. Synchronous operation mode gives you a linear programming approach without complicated callback functions. This approach saves your development time and reduces the number of errors. Simple SecureBlackbox components can be used for reliable data transfer no matter what type of proxy or firewall is used to protect the network. You can process huge files and not be bound by restrictions of 32-bit environments. This feature works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems without any limitations. To limit and control network load and bandwidth consumption you can setup maximum upload and download speed for the data transfer components. Transport (SSL, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, SSH, SFTP) components can be used in IPv6 networks without any problems, address conversions or packet wrapping. In FIPS operation mode SecureBlackbox uses only certified CryptoAPI modules of Windows to perform any cryptographic operations.
FIPS mode is available only on Windows platform. Cryptographic hardware gains more and more popularity every day. If your software deals with X.509 certificates or PKI in general (RSA keys etc.), it is time to support cryptocards and USB tokens.
To use cryptographic hardware you need a license for PKIBlackbox. SecureBlackbox was written from the ground up by EldoS Corporation developers. It doesn't use third-party code to implement its cryptographic functions. This means that you are not bound by CryptoAPI or OpenSSL version when you need to use certain algorithm.
At the same time it's possible to plug third-party security libraries and hardware modules by utilizing the pluggable architecture of SecureBlackbox. No royalties means the licensing procedure which is clear and easy to understand and manage. Pay for the license once and use it for development and deployment with no other payments. We provide free technical support via web-based Forum and HelpDesk. Support is available for everyone, and the requests from clients who purchased a license are given priority. Also you can use our extensive knowledgebase. With SSLBlackbox you get not just SSL support, but also feature-rich components for PKI support. This includes management of X.509 certificates, certificate requests and CRLs, PKI-based data encryption and signing operations, digital timestamping and more. With the wide choice of encryption, authentication and key exchange algorithms supported by SSLBlackbox, you will be able to meet the security requirements and get compatibility with the wide choice of differently configured servers and clients. With SSLBlackbox you can secure not just common TCP communications, but also UDP-based data transfer or other message-based transfer protocols. This lets you secure the whole new class of communications, such as audio and video delivery over internet, various message-based distributed protocols etc. The widest possible protocol support lets you get all that you can from SSL / TLS and that your software is compatible with the widest choice of client and server software. SSL session resumption speeds up subsequent session initiation and reduces server and network load. Resumption is supported by many SSL / TLS clients and servers. Validation of the other party's certificate is usually much more than just verifying the cryptographic signature. Correct validation includes verification of validity of the certificate and all of its issuer certficates, sometimes using CRLs (certificate revocation lists) and requests to the issuer servers using OCSP protocol. With SSLBlackbox you can build your own verification procedures easily. Usually only the server is authenticated during SSL / TLS handshake. But the situations when the client needs to authenticate itself using X.509 certificate become more and more often. Unfortunately most SSL/TLS and HTTPS or FTPS components don't provide support for client-side authentication.

SSLBlackbox provides full support for client-side certificate authentication in its server-side and client-side components. Cryptographic hardware gains more and more popularity every day. If your software deals with X.509 certificates or PKI in general (RSA keys etc.), it is time to support cryptocards and USB tokens. Most SSL/TLS and HTTPS or FTPS components can't use the certificate with a private key stored on a cryptocard or USB token.

SSLBlackbox is fully capable to use the cryptographic hardware (which doesn't export the private key) for SSL authentication of both clients and servers.
To use cryptographic hardware you need a license for PKIBlackbox. Originally SSL protocol used X.509 certificate for authenticating servers and clients. This type of authentication remains the most popular now. However various security needs and hardware limitations caused introduction of the alternative authentication methods. They are pre-shared key authentication (it can be named "password-based") and OpenPGP-based authentication (using OpenPGP keys instead of X.509 certificates).

Each of the alternative authentication methods has its own strengths and usage scenarios. SSLBlackbox provides full support for these new authentication methods. TLS extensions are used to extend functionality of the TLS communication, transfer additional information and provide better service to the parties. SSL / TLS protocol offers the number of very useful features, which don't actually require TCP transport. The protocol can be used with any low-level transport protocols, and SecureBlackbox makes this possible. With the wide choice of encryption, authentication and key exchange algorithms supported by SSLBlackbox, you will be able to meet the security requirements and get compatibility with the wide choice of differently configured servers and clients. SSLBlackbox supports the keys of any length, used in modern computing. If you need more strength, you can generate and use 4096-bit keys without problems. Application-level protocols, such as HTTP, FTP and SMTP, can work in two modes - explicit and implicit. In implicit mode first SSL connection is established, then protocol connection is carried over the protected channel. In explicit mode the TLS connection parameters are negotiated using the command on the protocol level.

SSLBlackbox supports implicit and explicit modes in FTP and SMTP client components. This lets you connect to greater number of servers which use SSL/TLS.