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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 05:45:02 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 05:45:02 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/des_crypt.3t b/man/des_crypt.3t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2be1bd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/des_crypt.3t @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +.\" @(#)des_crypt.3 2.1 88/08/11 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.16 88/03/02 SMI; +.\" +.Dd October 6, 1987 +.Dt DES_CRYPT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm des_crypt , ecb_crypt , cbc_crypt , des_setparity +.Nd "fast DES encryption" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In rpc/des_crypt.h +.Ft int +.Fn ecb_crypt "char *key" "char *data" "unsigned datalen" "unsigned mode" +.Ft int +.Fn cbc_crypt "char *key" "char *data" "unsigned datalen" "unsigned mode" "char *ivec" +.Ft void +.Fn des_setparity "char *key" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn ecb_crypt +and +.Fn cbc_crypt +functions +implement the +.Tn NBS +.Tn DES +(Data Encryption Standard). +These routines are faster and more general purpose than +.Xr crypt 3 . +They also are able to utilize +.Tn DES +hardware if it is available. +The +.Fn ecb_crypt +function +encrypts in +.Tn ECB +(Electronic Code Book) +mode, which encrypts blocks of data independently. +The +.Fn cbc_crypt +function +encrypts in +.Tn CBC +(Cipher Block Chaining) +mode, which chains together +successive blocks. +.Tn CBC +mode protects against insertions, deletions and +substitutions of blocks. +Also, regularities in the clear text will +not appear in the cipher text. +.Pp +Here is how to use these routines. +The first argument, +.Fa key , +is the 8-byte encryption key with parity. +To set the key's parity, which for +.Tn DES +is in the low bit of each byte, use +.Fn des_setparity . +The second argument, +.Fa data , +contains the data to be encrypted or decrypted. +The +third argument, +.Fa datalen , +is the length in bytes of +.Fa data , +which must be a multiple of 8. +The fourth argument, +.Fa mode , +is formed by +.Em OR Ns 'ing +together some things. +For the encryption direction +.Em OR +in either +.Dv DES_ENCRYPT +or +.Dv DES_DECRYPT . +For software versus hardware +encryption, +.Em OR +in either +.Dv DES_HW +or +.Dv DES_SW . +If +.Dv DES_HW +is specified, and there is no hardware, then the encryption is performed +in software and the routine returns +.Er DESERR_NOHWDEVICE . +For +.Fn cbc_crypt , +the +.Fa ivec +argument +is the 8-byte initialization +vector for the chaining. +It is updated to the next initialization +vector upon return. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width [DESERR_NOHWDEVICE] -compact +.It Bq Er DESERR_NONE +No error. +.It Bq Er DESERR_NOHWDEVICE +Encryption succeeded, but done in software instead of the requested hardware. +.It Bq Er DESERR_HWERR +An error occurred in the hardware or driver. +.It Bq Er DESERR_BADPARAM +Bad argument to routine. +.El +.Pp +Given a result status +.Va stat , +the macro +.Fn DES_FAILED stat +is false only for the first two statuses. +.Sh AVAILABILITY +The +.Fn ecb_crypt , +.Fn cbc_crypt , +and +.Fn des_setparity +functions are part of libtirpc. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.\" .Xr des 1 , +.Xr crypt 3 +.Sh RESTRICTIONS +These routines are not available in RPCSRC 4.0. +This information is provided to describe the +.Tn DES +interface expected by +Secure RPC. |