OSDP Component

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The OSDP (Operating System Data Protection) component allows you to protect and unprotect data.

Syntax

TipcOSDP

Remarks

On Windows, the component supports the classic Microsoft Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) or CNG DPAPI implementation. The use of UseCNG determines which implementation is used. Support for macOS is also available via the macOS keychain.

The classic DPAPI functionality protects data on a single system. The CNG DPAPI is designed with modern use cases involved. In many cases, especially with cloud computing, protection and unprotection may be done on different systems. With this in mind the Microsoft CNG DPAPI allows encrypting to a set of principals that can be used to unprotect the data on other systems after authenticating. On macOS, a key is saved in the Keychain which is used to protect and uprotect data.

Protecting Data

Protect protects the specified data.

On Windows, the component supports the classic Microsoft Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) or CNG DPAPI implementation. The use of UseCNG determines which implementation is used. Support for macOS is also available via the macOS keychain.

When using classic DPAPI (UseCNG is False), the following optional properties are applicable:

When using CNG DPAPI (UseCNG is True), the following properties are applicable:

On macOS, the following settings are applicable:

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

Code Example (Classic DPAPI - UseCNG is False)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (CNG DPAPI - UseCNG is True)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.ProtectionDescriptor = "LOCAL=user"; osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (macOS)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Unprotecting Data

Unprotect unprotects the specified data.

On Windows, the component supports the classic Microsoft Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) or CNG DPAPI implementation. The use of UseCNG determines which implementation is used. Support for macOS is also available via the macOS keychain.

When using classic DPAPI (UseCNG is False), the following optional properties are applicable:

When using CNG DPAPI (UseCNG is True), the following properties are applicable:

On macOS, the following settings are applicable:

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

Code Example (Classic DPAPI - UseCNG is False)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (CNG DPAPI - UseCNG is True)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.ProtectionDescriptor = "LOCAL=user"; osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (macOS)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

DataDescriptionThe description of data.
InputFileThe file to process.
InputMessageThe message to process.
OutputFileThe output file when encrypting or decrypting.
OutputMessageThe output message after processing.
OverwriteIndicates whether or not the component should overwrite files.
PasswordAn optional password to further protect data.
PromptTitleThe title of the prompt window.
PromptUserWhether to display a prompt.
ProtectionDescriptorThe CNG protection descriptor.
UseCNGWhether to use CNG DPAPI.
UseHexWhether input or output is hex encoded.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
ProtectProtects the data.
ResetResets the component.
SetInputStreamSets the stream from which the component will read data to encrypt or decrypt.
SetOutputStreamSets the stream to which the component will write encrypted or decrypted data.
UnprotectUnprotects the data.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ErrorFired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
ProgressFired as progress is made.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

CloseInputStreamAfterProcessingDetermines whether or not the input stream is closed after processing.
CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessingDetermines whether or not the output stream is closed after processing.
EscapeDescriptorWhether to escape the protection descriptor.
KeychainServiceNameService name for the keychain on macOS.
ProtectionFlagsUsed to specify additional options.
UseStreamModeWhether to use the CNG streaming operations.
UseSystemKeychainWhether to save the key and IV in the macOS System keychain.
BuildInfoInformation about the product's build.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfoInformation about the current license.
MaskSensitiveDataWhether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseFIPSCompliantAPITells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.
UseInternalSecurityAPIWhether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

DataDescription Property (OSDP Component)

The description of data.

Syntax

property DataDescription: String read get_DataDescription write set_DataDescription;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies an optional description of the protected data.

This may be set before calling Protect. This property will be populated when calling Unprotect.

This setting is not applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

InputFile Property (OSDP Component)

The file to process.

Syntax

property InputFile: String read get_InputFile write set_InputFile;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies the file to be processed. Set this property to the full or relative path to the file which will be processed.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

InputMessage Property (OSDP Component)

The message to process.

Syntax

property InputMessage: String read get_InputMessage write set_InputMessage;
property InputMessageB: TBytes read get_InputMessageB write set_InputMessageB;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies the message to be processed.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

OutputFile Property (OSDP Component)

The output file when encrypting or decrypting.

Syntax

property OutputFile: String read get_OutputFile write set_OutputFile;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies the file to which the output will be written when Encrypt or Decrypt is called. This may be set to an absolute or relative path.

This property is only applicable to Encrypt and Decrypt.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

OutputMessage Property (OSDP Component)

The output message after processing.

Syntax

property OutputMessage: String read get_OutputMessage;
property OutputMessageB: TBytes read get_OutputMessageB;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property will be populated with the output from the operation if OutputFile is not set.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Overwrite Property (OSDP Component)

Indicates whether or not the component should overwrite files.

Syntax

property Overwrite: Boolean read get_Overwrite write set_Overwrite;

Default Value

false

Remarks

This property indicates whether or not the component will overwrite OutputFile. If Overwrite is False, an error will be thrown whenever OutputFile exists before an operation. The default value is False.

Password Property (OSDP Component)

An optional password to further protect data.

Syntax

property Password: String read get_Password write set_Password;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property may be set to a password to protect the data further.

When protecting data without specifying a password any application running under the same user account can unprotect the data. By specifying a password another piece of information is required to unprotect the data.

This may be set before calling Protect. If a password was specified when protecting data it must be set before calling Unprotect.

This setting is not applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

PromptTitle Property (OSDP Component)

The title of the prompt window.

Syntax

property PromptTitle: String read get_PromptTitle write set_PromptTitle;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies the title of the prompt dialog if PromptUser is True. The default value is empty string.

This setting is not applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

PromptUser Property (OSDP Component)

Whether to display a prompt.

Syntax

property PromptUser: Boolean read get_PromptUser write set_PromptUser;

Default Value

false

Remarks

This property specifies whether a prompt is displayed when calling Protect. This dialog is created by the system and informs the user of the request action. The user may accept or cancel the request. If the user cancels the request the Protect method raises an exception.

When True the PromptTitle may be set to customize the window title.

This setting is not applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS. ;

ProtectionDescriptor Property (OSDP Component)

The CNG protection descriptor.

Syntax

property ProtectionDescriptor: String read get_ProtectionDescriptor write set_ProtectionDescriptor;

Default Value

''

Remarks

This property specifies the protection descriptor rule string. The protection descriptor is used by the system to decide which entities can unprotect the data at a later time. This property must be specified before calling Protect. This property is populated after calling Unprotect.

Protection descriptors can be defined for the following types of authorization:

  • A local user or machine
  • An account or group in an Active Directory forest
  • A set of web credentials
  • A certificate in the user's certificate store

A local user or machine may be used for machines that are or are not on a domain. For instance:

  • LOCAL=user
  • LOCAL=machine

The use of SID and SDDL requires that the machine be part of a domain. For instance:

  • SID=S-1-5-21-4392301 AND SID=S-1-5-21-3101812
  • SDDL=O:S-1-5-5-0-290724G:SYD:(A;;CCDC;;;S-1-5-5-0-290724)(A;;DC;;;WD)

Certificates may also be used as a descriptor. To decrypt, the certificate with corresponding private key must be present in the user's certificate store. The public certificate can be specified as the SHA1 thumbprint (hash) of the certificate, or the base64 encoded certificate itself. For instance:

  • CERTIFICATE=HashID:28ac375635b82ca3e20a1c9422145bc93965dae7
  • CERTIFICATE=CertBlob:MIIC7TCCAdWgAw...pgpVgYpppr
Note: The base64 certificate data should not include any headers, footers, or whitespace.

The use of AND and OR operators are accepted in order to encrypt data for multiple parties or establish multiple conditions for decryption.

For more details about protection descriptors and accepted formats please refer to the Microsoft Documentation for Protection Descriptors

This setting is only applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

UseCNG Property (OSDP Component)

Whether to use CNG DPAPI.

Syntax

property UseCNG: Boolean read get_UseCNG write set_UseCNG;

Default Value

false

Remarks

The component supports protecting data using either the classic DPAPI or CNG DPAPI implementation. When set to True the CNG DPAPI implementation is sued. When set to False (default) the classic DPAPI implementation is used.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

UseHex Property (OSDP Component)

Whether input or output is hex encoded.

Syntax

property UseHex: Boolean read get_UseHex write set_UseHex;

Default Value

false

Remarks

This property specifies whether the encrypted data is hex encoded.

If set to True, when Protect is called the component will perform the encryption as normal and then hex encode the output. OutputMessage or OutputFile will hold hex encoded data.

If set to True, when Unprotect is called the component will expect InputMessage or InputFile to hold hex encoded data. The component will then hex decode the data and perform decryption as normal.

Config Method (OSDP Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

function Config(ConfigurationString: String): String;

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Protect Method (OSDP Component)

Protects the data.

Syntax

procedure Protect();

Remarks

Protect protects the specified data.

On Windows, the component supports the classic Microsoft Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) or CNG DPAPI implementation. The use of UseCNG determines which implementation is used. Support for macOS is also available via the macOS keychain.

When using classic DPAPI (UseCNG is False), the following optional properties are applicable:

When using CNG DPAPI (UseCNG is True), the following properties are applicable:

On macOS, the following settings are applicable:

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

Code Example (Classic DPAPI - UseCNG is False)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (CNG DPAPI - UseCNG is True)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.ProtectionDescriptor = "LOCAL=user"; osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (macOS)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Reset Method (OSDP Component)

Resets the component.

Syntax

procedure Reset();

Remarks

When called, the component will reset all of its properties to their default values.

SetInputStream Method (OSDP Component)

Sets the stream from which the component will read data to encrypt or decrypt.

Syntax

procedure SetInputStream(InputStream: TStream);

Remarks

This method sets the stream from which the component will read data to encrypt or decrypt.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

SetOutputStream Method (OSDP Component)

Sets the stream to which the component will write encrypted or decrypted data.

Syntax

procedure SetOutputStream(OutputStream: TStream);

Remarks

This method sets the stream to which the component will write encrypted or decrypted data.

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

  • SetOutputStream
  • OutputFile
  • OutputMessage: The output data is written to this property if no other destination is specified.

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

Unprotect Method (OSDP Component)

Unprotects the data.

Syntax

procedure Unprotect();

Remarks

Unprotect unprotects the specified data.

On Windows, the component supports the classic Microsoft Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) or CNG DPAPI implementation. The use of UseCNG determines which implementation is used. Support for macOS is also available via the macOS keychain.

When using classic DPAPI (UseCNG is False), the following optional properties are applicable:

When using CNG DPAPI (UseCNG is True), the following properties are applicable:

On macOS, the following settings are applicable:

Input and Output Properties

The component will determine the source and destination of the input and output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops. The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

When using streams, you may need to additionally set CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing or CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing.

Code Example (Classic DPAPI - UseCNG is False)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (CNG DPAPI - UseCNG is True)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.ProtectionDescriptor = "LOCAL=user"; osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.UseCNG = true; osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Code Example (macOS)

//Protect OSDP osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessage = "test"; osdp.Protect(); byte[] protectedData = osdp.OutputMessageB; //Unprotect osdp = new OSDP(); osdp.Config("UseSystemKeychain=false"); osdp.Config("KeychainServiceName=nsoftware OSDP User Key"); osdp.InputMessageB = protectedData; osdp.Unprotect(); Console.WriteLine(osdp.OutputMessage); //outputs "test"

Error Event (OSDP Component)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

type TErrorEvent = procedure (
  Sender: TObject;
  ErrorCode: Integer;
  const Description: String
) of Object;

property OnError: TErrorEvent read FOnError write FOnError;

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component raises an exception.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

Progress Event (OSDP Component)

Fired as progress is made.

Syntax

type TProgressEvent = procedure (
  Sender: TObject;
  BytesProcessed: Int64;
  PercentProcessed: Integer
) of Object;

property OnProgress: TProgressEvent read FOnProgress write FOnProgress;

Remarks

This event is fired automatically as data is processed by the component.

The PercentProcessed parameter indicates the current status of the operation.

The BytesProcessed parameter holds the total number of bytes processed so far.

Config Settings (OSDP Component)

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

OSDP Config Settings

CloseInputStreamAfterProcessing:   Determines whether or not the input stream is closed after processing.

Determines whether or not the input stream set by SetInputStream is closed after processing is complete. The default value is True.

CloseOutputStreamAfterProcessing:   Determines whether or not the output stream is closed after processing.

Determines whether or not the output stream set by SetOutputStream is closed after processing is complete. The default value is True.

EscapeDescriptor:   Whether to escape the protection descriptor.

This setting controls whether the ProtectionDescriptor value is escaped when Protect is called. When set to False (default) the value is passed exactly as provided to the underlying system libraries. When set to True the value is first escaped according to the escaping rules defined by Microsoft.

The default value of EscapeDescriptor is True.

This setting is only applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

KeychainServiceName:   Service name for the keychain on macOS.

This setting is used to specify the service name for the keychain on macOS. By default, nsoftware OSDP User Key is used as the service name for the user keychain. nsoftware OSDP System Key is used for the system keychain when UseSystemKeychain is set to True.

ProtectionFlags:   Used to specify additional options.

Additional options are available to restrict or change the behavior of the protect and unprotect operations.

By default no additional settings are specified (the value is 0). You may set this property to the binary 'OR' of one or more of the following values:

1 (0x1) CRYPTPROTECT_UI_FORBIDDEN This flag is used for remote situations where presenting a user interface (UI) is not an option. When this flag is set and a UI is specified for either the protect or unprotect operation, the operation fails.
4 (0x4) CRYPTPROTECT_LOCAL_MACHINE When this flag is set, it associates the data encrypted with the current computer instead of with an individual user. This is only applicable when calling Protect.
8 (0x8) CRYPTPROTECT_CRED_SYNC When this flag is used, no data is actually protected. Instead all MasterKeys are queried from disk, which will cause re-encryption in memory, presumably under a changed password. This is only applicable when calling Protect.
16 (0x10) CRYPTPROTECT_AUDIT This flag causes DPAPI to generate an audit when this data is protected or unprotected. This is only applicable when calling Protect.
64 (0x40) CRYPTPROTECT_VERIFY_PROTECTION If the protected data blob would be better protected under a new call to the internal protect function and this call succeeds, then GetLastError will return a CRYPT_I_NEW_PROTECTION_REQUIRED status code. This is only applicable when calling Unprotect.
536870912 (0x20000000) CRYPTPROTECT_SYSTEM If data was protected with this flag set, then this flag must be set to unprotect the data.

This setting is not applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

UseStreamMode:   Whether to use the CNG streaming operations.

When set to True the component will use the CNG streaming operations when Protect and Unprotect are called. When working with large amounts of data this can reduce the memory overhead during processing. Note that when enabled InputFile and OutputFile should be used for optimal memory usage.

The default value of UseStreamMode is False.

This setting is only applicable when UseCNG is set to True.

This setting is not applicable on macOS.

UseSystemKeychain:   Whether to save the key and IV in the macOS System keychain.

When set to True, the key and IV will be saved in the macOS system keychain with the service name nsoftware OSDP System Key. Administrator privileges are required to use this config. This config is not supported on iOS.

The default value of UseSystemKeychain is False, and the key and IV are stored in the user keychain with the service name nsoftware OSDP User Key.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo:   Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:
IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

LicenseInfo:   Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information:

  • Product: The product the license is for.
  • Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
  • License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
  • License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
  • Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
MaskSensitiveData:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to True to mask sensitive data. The default is True.

This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseFIPSCompliantAPI:   Tells the component whether or not to use FIPS certified APIs.

When set to True, the component will utilize the underlying operating system's certified APIs. Java editions, regardless of OS, utilize Bouncy Castle Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), while all other Windows editions make use of Microsoft security libraries.

FIPS mode can be enabled by setting the UseFIPSCompliantAPI configuration setting to True. This is a static setting that applies to all instances of all components of the toolkit within the process. It is recommended to enable or disable this setting once before the component has been used to establish a connection. Enabling FIPS while an instance of the component is active and connected may result in unexpected behavior.

For more details, please see the FIPS 140-2 Compliance article.

Note: This setting is applicable only on Windows.

Note: Enabling FIPS compliance requires a special license; please contact sales@nsoftware.com for details.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to False, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this configuration setting to True tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

This setting is set to False by default on all platforms.

Trappable Errors (OSDP Component)

OSDP Errors

104   Cannot read or write file.
109   Cannot protect data.
110   Cannot unprotect data
111   OutputFile already exists and Overwrite is False.
304   Cannot write file.
305   Cannot read file.
306   Cannot create file.