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shishi_decrypt(3) shishi shishi_decrypt(3)

shishi_decrypt - API function

#include <shishi.h>

int shishi_decrypt(Shishi * handle, Shishi_key * key, int keyusage, const char * in, size_t inlen, char ** out, size_t * outlen);

Shishi * handle
shishi handle as allocated by shishi_init().
Shishi_key * key
key to decrypt with.
int keyusage
integer specifying what this key is decrypting.
const char * in
input array with data to decrypt.
size_t inlen
size of input array with data to decrypt.
char ** out
output array with newly allocated decrypted data.
size_t * outlen
output variable with size of newly allocated output array.

Decrypts data specified key. The key actually used is derived using the key usage. If key usage is 0, no key derivation is used. The OUT buffer must be deallocated by the caller. The default IV is used, see shishi_decrypt_iv if you need to alter it. The next IV is lost, see shishi_decrypt_ivupdate if you need it.

Note that DECRYPT(ENCRYPT(data)) does not necessarily yield data exactly. Some encryption types add pad to make the data fit into the block size of the encryption algorithm. Furthermore, the pad is not guaranteed to look in any special way, although existing implementations often pad with the zero byte. This means that you may have to "frame" data, so it is possible to infer the original length after decryption. Compare ASN.1 DER which contains such information.

Returns SHISHI_OK iff successful.

Report bugs to <bug-shishi@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2002-2010 Simon Josefsson.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

The full documentation for shishi is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shishi programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info shishi

should give you access to the complete manual.

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