Cryptography Settings Schema

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2013-02-04

The cryptography settings schema contains elements that specify how to map friendly algorithm names to classes that implement cryptography algorithms.

<configuration>

<cryptographySettings>

<cryptoNameMapping>

<cryptoClasses>

Element	Description
<cryptoClasses>	Contains a list of cryptography classes that have a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.
<cryptoClass>	Contains a cryptography class that has a mapping to a friendly name in the <nameEntry> element.
<cryptographySettings>	Contains cryptography settings.
<cryptoNameMapping>	Contains mappings of classes to friendly names.
<mscorlib>element for cryptography settings	Contains the <cryptographySettings>element.
<nameEntry>	Maps a class name to a friendly algorithm name, which allows one class to have many friendly names.
<oidEntry>	Maps an ASN.1 object identifier (OID) to a friendly name.
<oidMap>	Contains ASN.1 OID mappings to classes.

See Also

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework

Cryptographic Services