PowerTCP SSL for ActiveX

By integrating Microsoft's CryptoAPI, Security Support Provider Interface and Winsock API, SSL for ActiveX uses SSL 2, SSL 3, PCT and TLS security protocols to automatically authenticate, encrypt and decrypt data communications over TCP. Automatic encryption/decryption uses system services available under NT4 sp4 (minimum) and Windows 2000. The Daemon Control can accept an unlimited number of passive connections that can be assigned to dynamic SecureTcp Controls for stream management and encryption/decryption. Properties for CommonName, Protocol and ClientAuthentication automatically control the entire authentication and encryption/decryption process. ClientAuthenticate Event supports optional interactive client authentication. Search Method supports variable length records and line processing, eliminating the need to search for termination characters and simplifying buffer management. Fill Method supports fixed length binary records, simplifying buffer management and reducing the code needed to send and receive binary structures.

PowerTCP SSL for ActiveX: Automatically authenticate and encrypt/decrypt all data sent and received over the TCP connection using SSL2, SSL3, PCT, and TLS.

• NEW CertificateList Control - Use it to select Certificates from the installed Certificate Stores
• SecureTcp Control - Use it to manage a TCP stream. Automatic authentication and encryption/decryption uses system services available under NT4 sp4 (minimum) and Windows 2000, so RSA licensing is not required
• Daemon Control - Use it to build a secure server by accepting TCP connections. Can accept an unlimited number of connections that can be assigned to dynamic SecureTcp controls
• SecureServer Control - Similar to the Server Control, each accepted TCP connection automatically authenticates and performs encryption/decryption on the data stream
• SecureFtp Control - Similar to the FTP Control, control and data connections are automatically encypted/decrypted. Protect confidential information you send across the Internet
• SecureFtpServer Control - Similar to the FtpServer Control, control and data connections are automatically encypted/decrypted. A perfect match for the SecureFtp Control for a complete end-to-end encryption solution
• SecurePop Control - Similar to the POP Control, your email can be downloaded from any Secure Pop Server (like Microsoft Exchange) with complete privacy.
• Service Control - Use this control to build an application that runs as an NT service

Benefits & Features

• Write HTTP/S applications that provide client-side authentication WITHOUT displaying an annoying dialog asking the user to select his security certificate
• NEW Certificate Object exposes the details of digital certificates sent and received
• NEW CertificateStore Object exposes collections of installed Certificate Objects, making it easy to manage digital certificates
• Included Certificate Manager application can be used for local certificate management
• Full support for client-side AND server-side authentication
• Properties and events for Certificate Authentication requests and responses give you complete control the entire authentication and encryption/decryption process
• Search Method supports variable length records and line processing, eliminating the need to search for termination characters and simplifying buffer management
• Fill Method supports fixed length binary records, simplifying buffer management and reducing the code needed to send and receive binary structures

Sample Projects

• Secure FTP Client – Demonstrates a simple secure FTP client that can be used with the Secure FTP Server sample. (VB6 only)
• Secure FTP Server – Uses the SecureFtpServer Control to demonstrate a simple secure FTP server. Use it with the Secure FTP client. (VB6 only)
• Secure Web Client – Demonstrates a simple Secure HTTP/S Client application written using non-blocking operation. (VB6 only)
• Secure Web Server – Demonstrates a simple multi-threaded Web Server application that serves up html pages stored in local files over a secure connection. (VB6 only)
• Secure TCP Blaster – A simple TCP Daemon and Secure Client application, written using blocking operation, that uses all three methods for receiving data: Receive, Search, and Fill. (VB6 only)
• Secure POP Client – Demonstrates a simple secure POP client that can be used with any POP server that supports secure communications. (VB6 only)
• Secure Echo Server - Demonstrates a simple secure Echo server
• Secure TCP Client - Uses the SecureTcp Control to make secure connections to any secure port
• Secure Web Alive - A secure version of the Web Alive sample which compares the download performance of any 2 web pages. Useful for comparing the relative performance of mirrored Web Servers
• Service Demo - Demonstrates a simple service

Potential Uses/Applications

• Secure file transfers using Dart's Secure FTP Client/Server combo
• Secure mail downloads using Dart's Secure POP Client
• Create any Client/Server application that implements secure transactions knowing that your data is safe from any security risk
• Combined with the Winsock or Server for ActiveX, you can create a proxy server that accepts either clear or secure TCP connections and generates secure or clear TCP connections, respectively
• Combined with Emulation for ActiveX, you can create a secure VT Terminal Emulator that connects to your internal proxy server (that you create) that uses a Telnet connection to connect to internal corporate hosts
• Secure document management
• Enable asynchronous secure SOAP messages currently unavailable with the MS SOAP SDK
• E-commerce, trading applications

What’s Included: The SSL for ActiveX installation comes complete with the following:

• 22 Controls/Objects
• 25 Full Sample projects
• Full MS Help 1.3 Documentation, including examples

What's new in V2.0x?

• The latest version of SSL for ActiveX includes the ability to implement SSL over FTP through a Firewall using Dart's proprietary FirewallReady functionality (requires PowerTCP products on both sides of the connection). Previously this type of functionality has been unavailable in an ActiveX control
• This version has also been re-engineered to support all major SSL over FTP standards and includes the capability to create custom configurations for compatibility with unique secure FTP implementations. Standard support includes Globalscape, WS_FTP, and SERV_U
• The lower-level components such as SecureTCP and SecureServer have been heavily compatibility tested with common UNIX libraries such as OpenSSL and Certicom Plus
• Certificate handling capabilities have been improved with the addition of certificate creation using the CertificateStore plus extended certificate management capabilites such as certificate deletion