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author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man3/encrypt.3 b/man/man3/encrypt.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 50d00bfb..00000000 --- a/man/man3/encrypt.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -.TH ENCRYPT 3 -.SH NAME -encrypt, decrypt, netcrypt \- DES encryption -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B #include <u.h> -.br -.B #include <libc.h> -.PP -.B -int encrypt(void *key, void *data, int len) -.PP -.B -int decrypt(void *key, void *data, int len) -.PP -.B -int netcrypt(void *key, void *data) -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Encrypt -and -.I decrypt -perform DES encryption and decryption. -.I Key -is an array of -.B DESKEYLEN -(defined as 7 in -.BR <auth.h> ) -bytes containing the encryption key. -.I Data -is an array of -.I len -bytes; -it must be at least 8 bytes long. -The bytes are encrypted or decrypted in place. -.PP -The DES algorithm encrypts an individual 8-byte block of data. -.I Encrypt -uses the following method to encrypt data longer than 8 bytes. -The first 8 bytes are encrypted as usual. -The last byte of the encrypted result -is prefixed to the next 7 unencrypted bytes to make the next 8 -bytes to encrypt. -This is repeated until fewer than 7 bytes remain unencrypted. -Any remaining unencrypted bytes are encrypted with enough of the preceding -encrypted bytes to make a full 8-byte block. -.I Decrypt -uses the inverse algorithm. -.PP -.I Netcrypt -performs the same encryption as a SecureNet Key. -.I Data -points to an -.SM ASCII -string of decimal digits with numeric value between 0 and 10000. -These digits are copied into an 8-byte buffer with trailing binary zero fill -and encrypted as one DES block. -The first four bytes are each formatted as two digit -.SM ASCII -hexadecimal numbers, -and the string is copied into -.IR data . -.SH SOURCE -.B /usr/local/plan9/src/libc/port -.SH DIAGNOSTICS -These routines return 1 if the data was encrypted, -and 0 if the encryption fails. -.I Encrypt -and -.I decrypt -fail if the data passed is less than 8 bytes long. -.I Netcrypt -can fail if it is passed invalid data. -.SH SEE ALSO -.IR securenet (8) -.SH BUGS -The implementation is broken in a way that makes -it unsuitable for anything but authentication. |