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| author | Andy Gauge <[email protected]> | 2017-09-26 16:51:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Andy Gauge <[email protected]> | 2017-09-26 16:51:37 -0700 |
| commit | ad879ad7dea7548385277cbce8c6dd35284df4b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 87b32f0e72a5b09e8241abe92df84484d4dcbeb6 /openssl/src | |
| parent | AES Module level docs and example (diff) | |
| download | rust-openssl-ad879ad7dea7548385277cbce8c6dd35284df4b0.tar.xz rust-openssl-ad879ad7dea7548385277cbce8c6dd35284df4b0.zip | |
AES (IGE) encryption documentation
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| -rw-r--r-- | openssl/src/aes.rs | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/openssl/src/aes.rs b/openssl/src/aes.rs index c7e744ae..d128a666 100644 --- a/openssl/src/aes.rs +++ b/openssl/src/aes.rs @@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ use libc::c_int; use symm::Mode; +/// Provides Error handling for parsing keys. #[derive(Debug)] pub struct KeyError(()); +/// The key used to encrypt or decrypt cipher blocks. pub struct AesKey(ffi::AES_KEY); impl AesKey { @@ -105,6 +107,14 @@ impl AesKey { /// Performs AES IGE encryption or decryption /// +/// AES IGE (Infinite Garble Extension) is the form of AES block cipher utilized in +/// OpenSSL. Infinite Garble referes to propogating forward errors. IGE, like other +/// block ciphers implemented for AES requires an initalization vector. The IGE mode +/// allows a stream of blocks to be encrypted or decrypted without having the entire +/// plaintext available. For more information, visit [AES IGE Encryption]. +/// +/// [AES IGE Encryption]: http://www.links.org/files/openssl-ige.pdf +/// /// # Panics /// /// Panics if `in_` is not the same length as `out`, if that length is not a multiple of 16, or if |