CryptGetKeyIdentifierProperty function (wincrypt.h)

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Important  This API is deprecated. New and existing software should start using Cryptography Next Generation APIs. Microsoft may remove this API in future releases.
 
The CryptGetKeyIdentifierProperty acquires a specific property from a specified key identifier.

Syntax

BOOL CryptGetKeyIdentifierProperty(
  [in]      const CRYPT_HASH_BLOB *pKeyIdentifier,
  [in]      DWORD                 dwPropId,
  [in]      DWORD                 dwFlags,
  [in]      LPCWSTR               pwszComputerName,
  [in]      void                  *pvReserved,
  [out]     void                  *pvData,
  [in, out] DWORD                 *pcbData
);

Parameters

[in] pKeyIdentifier

A pointer to the CRYPT_HASH_BLOB that contains the key identifier.

[in] dwPropId

Identifies the property to retrieve. The value of dwPropId determines the type and content of the pvData parameter. Any certificate property ID can be used.

[in] dwFlags

The following flags can be used. They can be combined with a bitwise-OR operation.

Value Meaning
CRYPT_KEYID_MACHINE_FLAG
 Search the list of key identifiers of the LocalMachine (if pwszComputerName is NULL) or remote computer (if pwszComputerName is not NULL). For more information, see pwszComputerName.
CRYPT_KEYID_ALLOC_FLAG
 The LocalAlloc() function is called to allocate memory for pvData. *pvData is updated with a pointer to the allocated memory. LocalFree() must be called to free the allocated memory.

[in] pwszComputerName

A pointer to the name of a remote computer to be searched. If CRYPT_KEYID_MACHINE_FLAG flag is set, searches the remote computer for a list of key identifiers. If the local computer is to be searched and not a remote computer, set pwszComputerName to NULL.

[in] pvReserved

Reserved for future use and must be NULL.

[out] pvData

A pointer to a buffer to receive the data as determined by dwPropId. Elements pointed to by fields in the pvData structure follow the structure. Therefore, the size contained in pcbData can exceed the size of the structure.

If dwPropId is CERT_KEY_PROV_INFO_PROP_ID, pvData points to a CRYPT_KEY_PROV_INFO structure that contains the property of the key identifier.

If dwPropId is not CERT_KEY_PROV_INFO_PROP_ID, pvData points to an array of bytes that contains the property of the key identifier.

To get the size of this information for memory allocation purposes, this parameter can be NULL when the CRYPT_KEYID_ALLOC_FLAG is not set. For more information, see Retrieving Data of Unknown Length.

When the CRYPT_KEYID_ALLOC_FLAG is set, pvData is the address of a pointer to the buffer that will be updated. Because memory is allocated and its pointer is stored at *pvData, pvData must not be NULL.

[in, out] pcbData

A pointer to a DWORD that contains the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by the pvData parameter. When the function returns, the DWORD contains the number of bytes stored in the buffer. The size contained in the variable pointed to by pcbData can indicate a size larger than the CRYPT_KEY_PROV_INFO structure because the structure can contain pointers to auxiliary data. This size is the sum of the size needed by the structure and all auxiliary data.

When the CRYPT_KEYID_ALLOC_FLAG is set, pcbData is the address of a pointer to the DWORD that will be updated.

Note  When processing the data returned in the buffer, applications need to use the actual size of the data returned. The actual size can be slightly smaller than the size of the buffer specified on input. On input, buffer sizes are usually specified large enough to ensure that the largest possible output data fits in the buffer. On output, the variable pointed to by this parameter is updated to reflect the actual size of the data copied to the buffer.
 

Return value

If the function succeeds, the function returns nonzero (TRUE).

If the function fails, it returns zero (FALSE). For extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header wincrypt.h
Library Crypt32.lib
DLL Crypt32.dll

See also

CryptEnumKeyIdentifierProperties

CryptSetKeyIdentifierProperty

Key Identifier Functions