BCryptEnumContextFunctions function (bcrypt.h)

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10/13/2021

The BCryptEnumContextFunctions function obtains the cryptographic functions for a context in the specified configuration table.

Syntax

NTSTATUS BCryptEnumContextFunctions(
  [in]      ULONG                    dwTable,
  [in]      LPCWSTR                  pszContext,
  [in]      ULONG                    dwInterface,
  [in, out] ULONG                    *pcbBuffer,
  [in, out] PCRYPT_CONTEXT_FUNCTIONS *ppBuffer
);

Parameters

[in] dwTable

Identifies the configuration table from which to retrieve the context functions. This can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
CRYPT_LOCAL	Retrieve the context functions from the local-machine configuration table.
CRYPT_DOMAIN	This value is not available for use.

[in] pszContext

A pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string that contains the identifier of the context to enumerate the functions for.

[in] dwInterface

Identifies the cryptographic interface to retrieve the functions for. This can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
BCRYPT_ASYMMETRIC_ENCRYPTION_INTERFACE	Retrieve the asymmetric encryption functions.
BCRYPT_CIPHER_INTERFACE	Retrieve the cipher functions.
BCRYPT_HASH_INTERFACE	Retrieve the hash functions.
BCRYPT_RNG_INTERFACE	Retrieve the random number generator functions.
BCRYPT_SECRET_AGREEMENT_INTERFACE	Retrieve the secret agreement functions.
BCRYPT_SIGNATURE_INTERFACE	Retrieve the signature functions.
NCRYPT_KEY_STORAGE_INTERFACE	Retrieve the key storage functions.
NCRYPT_SCHANNEL_INTERFACE	Retrieve the Schannel functions.

[in, out] pcbBuffer

The address of a ULONG variable that, on entry, contains the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by ppBuffer. If this size is not large enough to hold the set of context identifiers, this function will fail with STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL.

After this function returns, this value contains the number of bytes that were copied to the ppBuffer buffer.

[in, out] ppBuffer

The address of a pointer to a CRYPT_CONTEXT_FUNCTIONS structure that receives the set of context functions retrieved by this function. The value pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter contains the size of this buffer.

If the value pointed to by this parameter is NULL, this function will allocate the required memory. This memory must be freed when it is no longer needed by passing this pointer to the BCryptFreeBuffer function.

If this parameter is NULL, this function will place the required size, in bytes, in the variable pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter and return STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL.

Return value

Returns a status code that indicates the success or failure of the function.

Possible return codes include, but are not limited to, the following.

Return code	Description
STATUS_SUCCESS	The function was successful.
STATUS_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL	The ppBuffer parameter is not NULL, and the value pointed to by the pcbBuffer parameter is not large enough to hold the set of contexts.
STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER	One or more parameters are not valid.
STATUS_NO_MEMORY	A memory allocation failure occurred.
STATUS_NOT_FOUND	No context functions that match the specified criteria were found.

Remarks

BCryptEnumContextFunctions can be called only in user mode.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the BCryptEnumContextFunctions function to enumerate the key storage functions for all contexts in the local-machine configuration table.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <Bcrypt.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "Bcrypt.lib")

#ifndef NT_SUCCESS
#define NT_SUCCESS(Status) ((NTSTATUS)(Status) >= 0)
#endif

NTSTATUS EnumContextFunctions()
{
    NTSTATUS status;
    ULONG uSize = 0;
    PCRYPT_CONTEXTS pContexts = NULL;
    
    // Get the contexts for the local machine. 
    // CNG will allocate the memory for us.
    status = BCryptEnumContexts(CRYPT_LOCAL, &uSize, &pContexts);
    if(NT_SUCCESS(status))
    {
        // Enumerate the context identifiers.
        for(ULONG uContextIndex = 0; 
            uContextIndex < pContexts->cContexts; 
            uContextIndex++)
        {
            wprintf(L"Context functions for %s:\n", 
                pContexts->rgpszContexts[uContextIndex]);

            // Get the functions for this context.
            // CNG will allocate the memory for us.
            PCRYPT_CONTEXT_FUNCTIONS pContextFunctions = NULL;
            status = BCryptEnumContextFunctions(
                CRYPT_LOCAL, 
                pContexts->rgpszContexts[uContextIndex], 
                NCRYPT_SCHANNEL_INTERFACE, 
                &uSize, 
                &pContextFunctions);
            if(NT_SUCCESS(status))
            {
                // Enumerate the functions.
                for(ULONG i = 0; 
                    i < pContextFunctions->cFunctions; 
                    i++)
                {
                    wprintf(L"\t%s\n", 
                        pContextFunctions->rgpszFunctions[i]);
                }

                // Free the context functions buffer.
                BCryptFreeBuffer(pContextFunctions);
            }
        }

        // Free the contexts buffer.
        BCryptFreeBuffer(pContexts);
    }

    return status;
}

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	bcrypt.h
Library	Bcrypt.lib
DLL	Bcrypt.dll