Handy CryptoTools offers many options for drop-in encryption/decryption

CryptoTools is the product of French Canadian software development company, Deux Sortes (which translates roughly into "two kinds" in English). This toolset is a suite of encryption components and libraries that works with multiple programming languages, including C, C++, COM, VB, .NET, and Java, among others.

In this mini-review, of course, its ability to support the .NET environment is what is of greatest import, along with delivery of the Cryptotools in DLL format, including library files, header files, and documentation. The .NET version of CryptoTools works with C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Managed C++, and J#. Using CryptoTools functionality in a .NET application means adding the CryptoNET.dll assembly to all project references.

CryptoTools supports the following encryption, encoding, and hashing algorithms both coming and going:

In addition to a free, limited functionality version of the code, you can download product documentation, tutorials and detailed API programming guides from the company's Web site. A single

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license of CryptoTools costs $150, with substantially larger discounts available as quantities increase. Each Web site that uses CryptoTools must have its own license, but any purchase of the product entitles its buyers to unlimited developer licenses.

This is an outstanding and useful product, and well worth checking out. The free version is set up to introduce a 30-second delay before working one time out of every four times it's called between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., but is otherwise identical to the full-blown commercial version. This means you can try as much of as its functionality as you like before spending any money. We think you'll like what you see enough to feel good about spending $150 to add this kind of capability to your Visual Studio .NET applications.

Ed Tittel is a writer and trainer whose interests include XML and development topics, along with IT Certification and information security. E-mail etittel@techtarget.com with comments, questions, or suggested topics or tools to review. Cool tools rule!

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