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Microsoft Corporation

May 2007

Summary

This section provides an overview of the Enterprise Library Cryptography Application Block. An application block is reusable and extensible source code-based guidance that simplifies development of common cryptographic functionality in .NET Framework applications.

Documentation

This section provides links directly to the main topics included in the documentation. This documentation is also included when you install the Enterprise Library.

• Introduction to the Cryptography Application Block
• Developing Applications with the Cryptography Application Block
• Key Scenarios
• Design of the Cryptography Application Block
• Extending and Modifying the Cryptography Application Block
• Deployment and Operations
• QuickStarts