Migrate from Net iD Enterprise
Migrate CryptoAPI
The most common integration between applications and Net iD Client is Microsoft CryptoAPI. CryptoAPI has two levels of access: low-level or high-level.
- Low-level access
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Low-level access is used by applications that access the CSP directly.
- High-level access
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High-level access is used by applications that never access the CSP directly. Instead, they call CryptoAPI to get the certificates and use those for signing, decryption, etc. These applications are already prepared for Net iD Client, and everything works as before.
Migrate PKCS#11
Windows
CK_ULONG changed from 64-bit to 32-bit
For the Windows platform, there is a change for the 64-bit version of the PKCS#11 library. The change is that the size of CK_ULONG was 64-bit and is now 32-bit. This change should not affect any application since all known integrations used the special library built with exactly this change. The default behavior is now to deliver what all applications already expected.
PKCS#11 libraries
Change the location of the PKCS#11 library.
| Old | New |
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C:\Program Files\Net iD\iidp11.dll |
N/A, Contact Pointsharp Support for more information. |
C:\Program Files\Net iD\iidp11_u32.dll |
C:\Program Files\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Net iD\iidp11.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
Use old PKCS#11 library install paths
| This is an optional setting. |
Create links that go to the old Net iD Enterprise library file. It still loads the new Net iD Client library. This can make it easier to make old applications to work.
Before installation, configure so that the PKCS#11 library is stored on the computer using the old path and name used in Net iD Enterprise.
[Install Packages]
01=iid.dll;%ProgramFiles%\Net iD\iidp11.dll[Install Packages]
01=iid.dll;%ProgramFiles%\Net iD\iidxp11_u32.dll| Contact Pointsharp to get Net iD Client built using these settings. |
Migrate plugin – ActiveX
The ActiveX plugin is still available, but the class ID has changed. The old class ID is still possible to use if you need to. Net iD Client registers both the old and the new class ID.
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Backward compatibility for version control
The old class ID uses version number 7 instead of 1.
Because 1 (current Net iD Client major release identifier) is smaller than 6 (current Net iD Enterprise major release identifier), and it is necessary for many current application implementations using the plugin that the version is the same or greater than a specific number.
For example, greater than |
Migrate plugin – C
Some integrations access the internal C-API directly. These application vendors should contact Pointsharp Support to get an example that loads this interface for both Net iD Enterprise and Net iD Client, depending on the installation. If you do the integration yourself, you need to change to the new location.
Windows
| Old | New |
|---|---|
C:\Program Files\Net iD\iidplg.dll |
C:\Program Files\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
C:\Program Files\Net iD\iid.dll |
C:\Program Files\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Net iD\iidplg.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Net iD\iid.dll |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pointsharp\Net iD\Client\netid.dll |
Use old Plugin library install paths
| This is an optional setting. |
Create links that go to Net iD Enterprise’s library file. It still loads the new Net iD Client library. This can make it easier to make old applications to work.
Before installation, configure so that the Plugin library is stored on the computer using the old path and name used in Net iD Enterprise.
[Install Packages]
01=iid.dll;%ProgramFiles%\Net iD\iid.dll[Install Packages]
01=iid.dll;%ProgramFiles%\Net iD\iid.dll| Contact Pointsharp to get Net iD Client built using these settings. |