openssl versus windows capi

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Published on 2010-03-12T10:28:11Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 10:47 UTC
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Which is better to use openssl or windows capi for ecnryption issues what is the pro and con list for both. and if it possible to write my encryptor program on openssl and decrypt it with windows capi with no problem or there are some problem with this.

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