oakley.dll

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Windows Process Description:

The oakley.dll file is part of the Oakley Key Manager, a program that handles the storage of encryption and decryption keys. The program, which is mediated and enabled by the file oakley.dll, is associated with the Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC) service. The file oakley.dll then is necessary in availing of the IPSEC service.

Each packet of data streaming through the network connection is filtered through the IPSEC protocol and is checked for authentication. Afterwards, it will either be encrypted or decrypted according to the needs of the user.

Included within the protocols of the Oakley Key Manager are the routines for the establishment of cryptographic keys. The application oakley.dll takes full advantage of the peculiarities of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model of the network layer used. This network layer is Layer 3, a vantage point where the IPSEC protocols can switch quickly to protect the most used transport layers such as TCP, UDP, SSL, TLS and SSH. Adding to the flexibility is the modularity of the IPSEC protocol. It means that the application Oakley Key Manager does not have to be designed with IPSEC in mind.

A key that the Oakley Key Manager generates and stores represents a parameter that specifies the exact process in which plaintext and ciphertext are transformed into one another. This utility is made palpable in authenticating message certificates and digital signatures.

The keys that serve as parameters, along with the algorithm bundle, constitute the security association of which the file oakley.dll is a member. From either ends of a given data stream, cryptographic security associations are working in tandem to ensure a private session.

Because of the great importance that the tasks of the file oakley.dll encapsulate, other system-critical DLLs often call upon and check on the file oakley.dll's status. The dependencies that import from the oakley.dll module are msvcrt.dll, ntdll.dll, advapi.dll, crypt32.dll, kernel32.dll, lasasrv.dll, rpcrt.dll, ws_32.dll, and winipsec.dll files.

Author: Microsoft Corporation

Author URL: http:// www.microsoft.com//

Part Of: Oakley Key Manager

Memory Usage: Low (321 kb)

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