Extracted from Pike v8.0 release 240 as of 2016-05-30.
   

Class Crypto.Cipher

Inheritance graph
__builtin.Nettle.Cipher Nettle.Cipher Crypto.Cipher
Description

Abstract class for crypto algorithms. Contains some tools useful for all ciphers.

Note

Typically only inherited directly by stream ciphers.

Note

It is however convenient for typing as it contains the minimum base level API for a cipher.

See also

BufferedCipher, BlockCipher, BlockCipher16


Inherit Cipher

inherit Nettle.Cipher : Cipher