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. With DNSSEC support enabled you protect your socket connection from being fooled by possible DNS cache poisoning and other malicious DNS activities.
DNSSEC requires that the DNS record for the destination server contains a certified signature. 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. SSLBlackbox supports algorithms based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography. These algorithms provide higher security level, than more traditional Diffie-Helman and DSA algorithms. 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. NTLM authentication (also named "Windows Authenticated") is often used in corporate environments and Intranet. Not all software supports this type of authentication. SSLBlackbox supports NTLM authentication in its HTTP protocol implementation. Cookies are very important part of modern internet. It's necessary to have flexibility in the way the cookies are sent and retrieved. HTTP component of SSLBlackbox lets you store, retrieve and send cookies the way you like it, giving you it's help. Originally FTP didn't specify the format, in which directory listing must be transferred. This produced the huge variety of directory listing (over 400 formats).

MLST command has been added to FTP recently. Specification for this command describes the exact format of the listing. The exact format makes it possible to easily parse the directory listing.

As SSLBlackbox supports this command, you don't need to deal with the variety of the listing formats. In some cases it is necessary to send a custom command, not defined in FTP protocol specification, but supported by the server. With SSLBlackbox this is possible to do. Most FTP servers support REST command, but not all clients are able to properly use this support. With SSLBlackbox you can transfer parts of the files.

If the transfer is interrupted you can always resume it. And if you need to upload or download only a part of the file, you can transfer the needed part without the need to process the whole file. While not very popular ourdays, FTP proxy servers are sometimes used. They are necessary when the client application is behind the firewall, but needs access to the outside world. Not all FTP clients support FTP proxies. With SSLBlackbox FTP proxies are not a problem. Some FTP servers are placed behind the firewall. When you connect to them in passive mode, they give you their LAN IP address for the data channel. With most clients such behaviour leads to impossibility to transfer the data. But not with SSLBlackbox, whose FTP component can detect such situation and adjust the address automatically, letting you successfully transfer the data. Binary mode is supported by many (but not all) SMTP servers. Binary mode reduces the network load and speeds up transfer.