Windows CryptoAPI
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Windows CryptoAPI is a Microsoft Windows cryptographic framework that provides developers with APIs for encryption, decryption, certificate management, and other security-related operations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CryptoAPI | 2 |
| CryptEncrypt | 1 |
| Windows CryptoAPI canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7279079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows CryptoAPI Context triple: [Intel AES-NI, compatibleWith, Windows CryptoAPI]
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A.
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
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B.
BitLocker (device encryption variant)
BitLocker (device encryption variant) is a streamlined, automatic disk encryption feature designed for certain Windows devices, particularly tablets and lightweight PCs, to protect data by encrypting the system drive with minimal user configuration.
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C.
CRYPTO
CRYPTO is a premier international research conference focused on cryptology and information security, organized annually by the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
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D.
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library and toolkit that provides SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption, hashing, and security functions for secure communication over computer networks.
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E.
Windows Certificate Store
Windows Certificate Store is a built-in Windows subsystem that securely stores and manages digital certificates and their associated private keys for use by applications and services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows CryptoAPI Target entity description: Windows CryptoAPI is a Microsoft Windows cryptographic framework that provides developers with APIs for encryption, decryption, certificate management, and other security-related operations.
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A.
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
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B.
BitLocker (device encryption variant)
BitLocker (device encryption variant) is a streamlined, automatic disk encryption feature designed for certain Windows devices, particularly tablets and lightweight PCs, to protect data by encrypting the system drive with minimal user configuration.
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C.
CRYPTO
CRYPTO is a premier international research conference focused on cryptology and information security, organized annually by the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
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D.
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library and toolkit that provides SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption, hashing, and security functions for secure communication over computer networks.
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E.
Windows Certificate Store
Windows Certificate Store is a built-in Windows subsystem that securely stores and manages digital certificates and their associated private keys for use by applications and services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryptographic application programming interface
ⓘ
software framework ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CAPI ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CryptoAPI
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows CryptoAPI
|
| designedFor | C and C++ developers ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| exposesAPI |
CertAddCertificateContextToStore
ⓘ
CertEnumCertificatesInStore ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Certificate Store
CertGetCertificateChain ⓘ CertOpenStore ⓘ CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy ⓘ CryptAcquireContext ⓘ CryptDecrypt ⓘ CryptEncrypt ⓘ
linked to:
Windows CryptoAPI
CryptExportKey ⓘ CryptGenKey ⓘ CryptGenRandom ⓘ CryptImportKey ⓘ CryptSignHash ⓘ CryptVerifySignature ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Cryptographic Service Provider
ⓘ
certificate store API ⓘ key container management ⓘ |
| libraryType | Win32 API ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Windows security architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows NT security model
|
| providesFunctionality |
certificate management
ⓘ
decryption ⓘ digital signature generation ⓘ digital signature verification ⓘ encryption ⓘ hashing ⓘ key management ⓘ random number generation ⓘ |
| successor | Cryptography API: Next Generation ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
X.509 certificates
ⓘ
certificate stores ⓘ cryptographic service providers ⓘ public key cryptography ⓘ symmetric key cryptography ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows Server family ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
Microsoft Office ⓘ Microsoft Outlook ⓘ
linked to:
Outlook
Windows applications ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| usedFor |
authentication
ⓘ
code signing ⓘ data protection ⓘ secure communications ⓘ secure email ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows CryptoAPI Description of subject: Windows CryptoAPI is a Microsoft Windows cryptographic framework that provides developers with APIs for encryption, decryption, certificate management, and other security-related operations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Windows CryptoAPI
linked to: Windows CryptoAPI
linked to: Windows CryptoAPI