mbedtls/doxygen/input/doc_encdec.h

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/**
* @file
* Encryption/decryption module documentation file.
*/
/**
* @addtogroup encdec_module Encryption/decryption module
*
* The Encryption/decryption module provides encryption/decryption functions.
* One can differtiate between symmetric and asymetric algorithms; the
* symmetric ones are mostly used for message confidentiality and the asymmetric
* ones for key exchange and message integrity.
* Some symmetric algorithms provide different block cipher modes, mainly
* Electronic Code Book (ECB) which is used for short (64-bit) messages and
* Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) which provides the randomness needed for longer
* messages.
* Sometimes the same functions are used for encryption and decryption.
* The following algorithms are provided:
* - Symmetric:
* - AES (see \c aes_crypt_ecb() and\c aes_crypt_cbc()).
* - ARCFOUR (see \c arc4_crypt()).
* - Camellia (see \c camellia_crypt_ecb() and\c camellia_crypt_cbc()).
* - DES/3DES (see \c des_crypt_ecb(),\c des_crypt_cbc(),\c des3_crypt_ecb()
* and\c des3_crypt_cbc()).
* - XTEA (see \c xtea_crypt_ecb()).
* - Asymmetric:
* - Diffie-Hellman-Merkle (see \c dhm_read_public(),\c dhm_make_public()
* and \c dhm_calc_secret()).
* - RSA (see \c rsa_public() and\c rsa_private()).
*
* This module provides encryption/decryption which can be used to provide
* secrecy.
* It also provides asymmetric key functions which can be used for
* confidentiality, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation.
*/