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Use Windows APIs to do cryptography on Windows. #13746

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teo-tsirpanis opened this issue Mar 8, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #13785
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Use Windows APIs to do cryptography on Windows. #13746

teo-tsirpanis opened this issue Mar 8, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #13785
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type: feature request ‘Nice-to-have’ improvement, new feature or different behavior or design.

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What component of google-cloud-cpp is this feature request for? common and storage

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The dependency to OpenSSL on Windows is problematic from a security perspective, because there is no standard way to update OpenSSL like Windows Update.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like that on Windows the client library do their cryptographic operations using Windows APIs, such as Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG).

Describe alternatives you've considered N/A

Additional context If approved, I can work on this.

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