{"id":69649,"date":"2019-01-28T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/faqs\/csp-ksp-and-pkcs11-modules-used-by-fortress\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:12:51","slug":"csp-ksp-and-pkcs11-modules-used-by-fortress","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/csp-ksp-and-pkcs11-modules-used-by-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"CSP, KSP and PKCS#11 modules used by Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"&#13;\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider)<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Officially deprecated by Microsoft, it is the mechanism intended to talk to Windows CryptoAPIs. 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