DigiStamp SecureTime API Toolkit README FILE
Toolkit Version 2.1 January 28, 2005
(C) Copyright 2000-2005 DigiStamp, Inc.
www.digistamp.com
Thank you for your interest in the SecureTime toolkit. This document contains
information on how to build the test programs and using the toolkit in
your application.
You will need to establish an account with Digistamp to request time stamps
from the server. Account set-up is at the www.digistamp.com
Introduction
The toolkit library allows to add time stamping capability to your existing
application. The toolkit performs the functions:
- File hash generation
- Creating a time stamp request
- Communicating the time stamp request to the DigiStamp server via the Internet
(you configure the rules for automatic failover to time stamp Internet
sites)
- Decoding the time stamp response
- Outputting a CMS record structure that contains the time stamp
- Verifying the time stamp authenticity
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Environment |
Toolkit supporting Microsoft CryptoAPI
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Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4 and later.
Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation 4.0
SP4 and later, Windows Me, or Windows 98
Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 3.02 or later
Requires crypt32.lib in path. |
other platforms primitives for C
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Your environment requires:
1. Internet communications to transmit the time stamp request.
2. (Optional) PKCS7 signature verification |
To register for the toolkit beta program, please use our feedback form or e-mail support@DigiStamp.com and provide us with
information about your project.
License TermsDelivered with the software is a file DigistampLicense.html. Please review the license carefully. You must accept this license or delete your copies of the software. If you have questions or concerns about the license please contact DigiStamp before proceeding with use of the toolkit.
Support Requests, Bug Reports, and Requests for Enhancements
Internet Email: support@digistamp.com
Building and testing the toolkit
Please follow the instruction in this file to build the Sample programs
for DigiStamp SecureTime toolkit.
You will need to install the MS Platform SDK. The toolkit was tested with
the February 2003 release. Your include and lib path will need to have
the Platform SDK before Visual Studio.
Once you have unzip the zip file into your chosen folder, change directory
to SamplePrograms. There are two sample programs egMSClient.c and egMSClientSigSig.c
Change directory to the desired sample program and build the sample program
as follow:
To build the egMSClient:
nmake -f egMSClient.mak
This will build the release version(non-debug) version of the sample egMSClient
using the DGSToolkit.lib library. Alternativly execute the following to
build the debug version using the DGSToolkit_debug.lib library:
namke -f egMSClient.mak CFG=Debug
In order to clean the the sample directories:
nmake -f egMSClient.mak clean
o build the egMSClientSigsig:
nmake -f egMSClientSig.mak
This will build the release version(non-debug) version of the sample egMSClientSig
using the DGSToolkit.lib. Alternatively execute the following to build
the debug version using the DGSToolkit_debug.lib library:
namke -f egMSClientSig.mak CFG=Debug
In order to clean the the sample directories:
nmake -f egMSClientSig.mak clean
Running the sample applications:
Before running the sample programs make sure that all necessary certificates are installed on your machine. In order to get these certificates go to DigiStamp web site at www.digistamp.com. Once you have downloaded the current certificates install these certificates on your machine. As you are going through the installation of the certificates make sure that Time Stamp certificates are installed in the personal folder. See extended description at: www.digistamp.com/mskeyinst/
To run the sample programs execute the following:
egMSClient <your account ID> <password>
egMSClientSig <your account ID> <password>
Testing "retry" with TSATEST3 The toolkit includes logic to automatically
retry your request if a DigiStamp server is temporarily not available.
The server designation TSATEST3 is always "not available". You
can use this in your test configuration to test behavior of the toolkit
when a retry is required.
Change History
Changes from version 1.1.6 to version 2.1 (January 2005)
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The DigiStamp TSA service now reports time in milliseconds and includes a
certificate chain-of-authority to document the audit process.
The single interface change was in the verb DgsTimeStampRequest. The tsTime parameter now requires 20 bytes and is returned with a null terminator.
Updated example code:
if(!(tsTime = (BYTE *)malloc(20))) // for time in GMT
DgsHandleError("tsTime Memory allocation failed.");
... DgsTimeStampRequest ( ..., tsTime )
Changes from version 1.1.5 (June 2001)
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Added processing to recognize Win2000 changes in MS CryptoAPI processing.
Changes from version 1.1.4
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Added processing for policy attribute of TSTInfo
Repaired bug where retry was not occuring in certain situations.
Changes from version 1.1.3
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Repaired performance bug when use SSL connection support.
Upgraded to Draft 10 of the IETF Time Stamp Protocol. This resulted
in changes to 'clock accuracy' decoding in low level function
DgsTSGetParam.
Nonce value in parameter of DgsTimeStampRequest was converted to
unsigned long, from signed long. The next release will enhance nonce
value to include up to a 20 byte integer nonce value.
Changes from version 1.1.2
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Correct memory leak in execution path where account/password do not match
Changes from version 1.1.1 (August 2000)
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C++ support added to header files
DigiStamp end-user license revised
Documentation for "contentType" revised to be more descriptive
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