BlockCipher Class Reference

Interface for one direction (encryption or decryption) of a block cipher. More...

Inheritance diagram for BlockCipher:

## Additional Inherited Members

Public Types inherited from SimpleKeyingInterface
enum | IV_Requirement { UNIQUE_IV = 0 , RANDOM_IV , UNPREDICTABLE_RANDOM_IV , INTERNALLY_GENERATED_IV , NOT_RESYNCHRONIZABLE }
| Secure IVs requirements as enumerated values. More...
Public Types inherited from BlockTransformation
enum | FlagsForAdvancedProcessBlocks { BT_InBlockIsCounter =1 , BT_DontIncrementInOutPointers =2 , BT_XorInput =4 , BT_ReverseDirection =8 , BT_AllowParallel =16 }
| Bit flags that control AdvancedProcessBlocks() behavior. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from SimpleKeyingInterface
virtual size_t | MinKeyLength () const =0
| Returns smallest valid key length. More...
virtual size_t | MaxKeyLength () const =0
| Returns largest valid key length. More...
virtual size_t | DefaultKeyLength () const =0
| Returns default key length. More...
virtual size_t | GetValidKeyLength (size_t keylength) const =0
| Returns a valid key length for the algorithm. More...
virtual bool | IsValidKeyLength (size_t keylength) const
| Returns whether keylength is a valid key length. More...
virtual void | SetKey (const byte *key, size_t length, const NameValuePairs &params=g_nullNameValuePairs)
| Sets or reset the key of this object. More...
void | SetKeyWithRounds (const byte *key, size_t length, int rounds)
| Sets or reset the key of this object. More...
void | SetKeyWithIV (const byte *key, size_t length, const byte *iv, size_t ivLength)
| Sets or reset the key of this object. More...
void | SetKeyWithIV (const byte *key, size_t length, const byte *iv)
| Sets or reset the key of this object. More...
virtual IV_Requirement | IVRequirement () const =0
| Minimal requirement for secure IVs. More...
bool | IsResynchronizable () const
| Determines if the object can be resynchronized. More...
bool | CanUseRandomIVs () const
| Determines if the object can use random IVs. More...
bool | CanUsePredictableIVs () const
| Determines if the object can use random but possibly predictable IVs. More...
bool | CanUseStructuredIVs () const
| Determines if the object can use structured IVs. More...
virtual unsigned int | IVSize () const
| Returns length of the IV accepted by this object. More...
unsigned int | DefaultIVLength () const
| Provides the default size of an IV. More...
virtual unsigned int | MinIVLength () const
| Provides the minimum size of an IV. More...
virtual unsigned int | MaxIVLength () const
| Provides the maximum size of an IV. More...
virtual void | Resynchronize (const byte *iv, int ivLength=-1)
| Resynchronize with an IV. More...
virtual void | GetNextIV (RandomNumberGenerator &rng, byte *iv)
| Retrieves a secure IV for the next message. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from BlockTransformation
virtual void | ProcessAndXorBlock (const byte *inBlock, const byte *xorBlock, byte *outBlock) const =0
| Encrypt or decrypt a block. More...
void | ProcessBlock (const byte *inBlock, byte *outBlock) const
| Encrypt or decrypt a block. More...
void | ProcessBlock (byte *inoutBlock) const
| Encrypt or decrypt a block in place. More...
virtual unsigned int | BlockSize () const =0
| Provides the block size of the cipher. More...
virtual unsigned int | OptimalDataAlignment () const
| Provides input and output data alignment for optimal performance. More...
virtual bool | IsPermutation () const
| Determines if the transformation is a permutation. More...
virtual bool | IsForwardTransformation () const =0
| Determines if the cipher is being operated in its forward direction. More...
virtual unsigned int | OptimalNumberOfParallelBlocks () const
| Determines the number of blocks that can be processed in parallel. More...
virtual size_t | AdvancedProcessBlocks (const byte *inBlocks, const byte *xorBlocks, byte *outBlocks, size_t length, word32 flags) const
| Encrypt and xor multiple blocks using additional flags. More...
CipherDir | GetCipherDirection () const
| Provides the direction of the cipher. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Algorithm
| Algorithm (bool checkSelfTestStatus=true)
| Interface for all crypto algorithms. More...
virtual std::string | AlgorithmName () const
| Provides the name of this algorithm. More...
virtual std::string | AlgorithmProvider () const
| Retrieve the provider of this algorithm. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Clonable
virtual Clonable * | Clone () const
| Copies this object. More...

## Detailed Description

Interface for one direction (encryption or decryption) of a block cipher.

These objects usually should not be used directly. See BlockTransformation for more details.

Definition at line 1282 of file cryptlib.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- cryptlib.h