encrypt(3) Library Functions Manual encrypt(3)
NAME
encrypt, setkey, encrypt_r, setkey_r - encrypt 64-bit messages
LIBRARY
Password hashing library (libcrypt, -lcrypt)
SYNOPSIS
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <unistd.h>
[[deprecated]] void encrypt(char block[64], int edflag);
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <stdlib.h>
[[deprecated]] void setkey(const char *key);
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <crypt.h>
[[deprecated]] void setkey_r(const char *key, struct crypt_data *data);
[[deprecated]] void encrypt_r(char *block, int edflag,
struct crypt_data *data);
DESCRIPTION
These functions encrypt and decrypt 64-bit messages. The setkey() func-
tion sets the key used by encrypt(). The key argument used here is an
array of 64 bytes, each of which has numerical value 1 or 0. The bytes
key[n] where n=8*i-1 are ignored, so that the effective key length is 56
bits.
The encrypt() function modifies the passed buffer, encoding if edflag is
0, and decoding if 1 is being passed. Like the key argument, also block
is a bit vector representation of the actual value that is encoded. The
result is returned in that same vector.
These two functions are not reentrant, that is, the key data is kept in
static storage. The functions setkey_r() and encrypt_r() are the reen-
trant versions. They use the following structure to hold the key data:
struct crypt_data {
char keysched[16 * 8];
char sb0[32768];
char sb1[32768];
char sb2[32768];
char sb3[32768];
char crypt_3_buf[14];
char current_salt[2];
long current_saltbits;
int direction;
int initialized;
};
Before calling setkey_r() set data->initialized to zero.
RETURN VALUE
These functions do not return any value.
ERRORS
Set errno to zero before calling the above functions. On success, errno
is unchanged.
ENOSYS The function is not provided. (For example because of former USA
export restrictions.)
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ encrypt(), setkey() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:crypt │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ encrypt_r(), setkey_r() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────┘
STANDARDS
encrypt()
setkey()
POSIX.1-2008.
encrypt_r()
setkey_r()
None.
HISTORY
Removed in glibc 2.28.
Because they employ the DES block cipher, which is no longer considered
secure, these functions were removed from glibc. Applications should
switch to a modern cryptography library, such as libgcrypt.
encrypt()
setkey()
POSIX.1-2001, SUS, SVr4.
Availability in glibc
See crypt(3).
Features in glibc
In glibc 2.2, these functions use the DES algorithm.
EXAMPLES
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE
#include <crypt.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int
main(void)
{
char key[64];
char orig[9] = "eggplant";
char buf[64];
char txt[9];
for (size_t i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
key[i] = rand() & 1;
}
for (size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
buf[i * 8 + j] = orig[i] >> j & 1;
}
setkey(key);
}
printf("Before encrypting: %s\n", orig);
encrypt(buf, 0);
for (size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
for (size_t j = 0, txt[i] = '\0'; j < 8; j++) {
txt[i] |= buf[i * 8 + j] << j;
}
txt[8] = '\0';
}
printf("After encrypting: %s\n", txt);
encrypt(buf, 1);
for (size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
for (size_t j = 0, txt[i] = '\0'; j < 8; j++) {
txt[i] |= buf[i * 8 + j] << j;
}
txt[8] = '\0';
}
printf("After decrypting: %s\n", txt);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
cbc_crypt(3), crypt(3), ecb_crypt(3)
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