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The Low-Level Interface
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Botan has two different interfaces. The one documented in this section
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is meant more for implementing higher-level types (see the section on
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filters, earlier in this manual) than for use by applications. Using
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it safely requires a solid knowledge of encryption techniques and best
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practices, so unless you know, for example, what CBC mode and nonces
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are, and why PKCS #1 padding is important, you should avoid this
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interface in favor of something working at a higher level.
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Basic Algorithm Abilities
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There are a small handful of functions implemented by most of Botan's
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algorithm objects. Among these are:
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.. cpp:function:: std::string Algorithm::name()
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Returns a human-readable string of the name of this
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algorithm. Examples of names returned are "AES-128" and
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"HMAC(SHA-512)". You can turn names back into algorithm objects using
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the functions in ``lookup.h``.
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.. cpp:function:: void Algorithm::clear()
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Clear out the algorithm's internal state. A block cipher object will
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"forget" its key, a hash function will "forget" any data put into it,
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etc. The object will look and behave as it did when you initially
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allocated it.
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.. cpp:function:: T* Algorithm::clone()
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This function is central to Botan's name-based interface. The
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``clone`` has many different return types, such as ``BlockCipher``\*
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and ``HashFunction``\*, depending on what kind of object it is called
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on. Note that unlike Java's clone, this returns a new object in a
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"pristine" state; that is, operations done on the initial object
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before calling ``clone`` do not affect the initial state of the new
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clone.
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Cloned objects can (and should) be deallocated with the C++ ``delete``
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operator.
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Keys and IVs
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Both symmetric keys and initialization values can be considered byte
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(or octet) strings. These are represented by
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.. cpp:class:: OctetString
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Also known as ``SymmetricKey`` and ``InitializationVector``, when
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you want to express intent.
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.. cpp:function:: OctetString(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, size_t length)
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This constructor creates a new random key *length* bytes long
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using the random number generator.
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.. cpp:function:: OctetString(std::string str)
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The argument *str* is assumed to be a hex string; it is
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converted to binary and stored. Whitespace is ignored.
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.. cpp:function:: OctetString(const byte* input, size_t length)
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This constructor copies its input.
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.. cpp:function:: as_string() const
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Returns the hex representation of the key or IV
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Symmetrically Keyed Algorithms
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Block ciphers, stream ciphers, and MACs are all keyed operations; to
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be useful, they have to be set to use a particular key, which is a
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randomly chosen string of bits of a specified length. The length
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required by any particular algorithm may vary, depending on both the
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algorithm specification and the implementation. You can query any
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botan object to find out what key length(s) it supports.
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To make this similarity in terms of keying explicit, all algorithms of
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those types are derived from the :cpp:class`SymmetricAlgorithm` base.
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This type provides functions for setting the key, and querying
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restrictions on the size of the key.
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.. cpp:class:: SymmetricAlgorithm
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.. cpp:function:: void set_key(const byte* key, size_t length)
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.. cpp:function:: void set_key(const SymmetricKey& key)
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This sets the key to the value specified. Most algorithms only
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accept keys of certain lengths. If you attempt to call
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``set_key`` with a key length that is not supported, the
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exception ``Invalid_Key_Length`` will be thrown.
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In all cases, ``set_key`` must be called on an object before any
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data processing (encryption, decryption, etc) is done by that
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object. If this is not done, the results are undefined.
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.. cpp:function:: bool valid_keylength(size_t length) const
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This function returns true if and only if *length* is a valid
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keylength for the algorithm.
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.. cpp:function:: size_t minimum_keylength() const
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Return the smallest key length (in bytes) that is acceptible for the
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algorithm.
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.. cpp:function:: size_t maximum_keylength() const
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Return the largest key length (in bytes) that is acceptible for the
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algorithm
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Block Ciphers
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All block ciphers classes in botan are subclasses of
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.. cpp:class:: BlockCipher
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Which subclasses the :cpp:class:`SymmetricAlgorithm` interface.
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.. cpp:function:: size_t block_size() const
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Returns the block size of the cipher in bytes
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.. cpp:function:: void encrypt_n(const byte* in, \
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byte* out, size_t n) const
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Encrypt *n* blocks of data, taking the input from the array *in*
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and placing the ciphertext into *out*. The two pointers may be
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identical, but should not overlap ranges.
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.. cpp:function:: void encrypt(const byte* in, byte* out) const
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Encrypt a single block, taking the input from *in* and placing
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it in *out*. Acts like :cpp:func:`encrypt_n`\ (in, out, 1).
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.. cpp:function:: void encrypt(byte* block) const
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Identical to :cpp:func:`encrypt`\ (block, block)
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.. cpp:function:: void decrypt_n(const byte* in, byte out, size_t n) const
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Decrypt *n* blocks of data, taking the input from *in* and
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placing the plaintext in *out*. The two pointers may be
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identical, but should not overlap ranges.
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.. cpp:function:: void decrypt(const byte* in, byte* out) const
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Decrypt a single block, taking the input from *in* and placing it
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in *out*. Acts like :cpp:func:`decrypt_n`\ (in, out, 1).
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.. cpp:function:: void decrypt(byte* block) const
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Identical to :cpp:func:`decrypt`\ (block, block)
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Stream Ciphers
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---------------------------------
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Stream ciphers are somewhat different from block ciphers, in that
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encrypting data results in changing the internal state of the
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cipher. Also, you may encrypt any length of data in one go (in byte
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amounts).
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.. cpp:function:: void StreamCipher::encrypt(const byte* in, byte* out, size_t length)
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.. cpp:function:: void StreamCipher::encrypt(byte* data, size_t length)
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Stream ciphers implement the ``SymmetricAlgorithm`` interface.
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Hash Functions / Message Authentication Codes
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Hash functions take their input without producing any output, only
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producing anything when all input has already taken place. MACs are
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very similar, but are additionally keyed. Both of these are derived
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from the base class ``BufferedComputation``, which has the following
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functions.
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.. cpp:function:: size_t BufferedComputation::output_length()
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Return the size of the output of this function.
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.. cpp:function:: void BufferedComputation::update(const byte* input, size_t length)
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.. cpp:function:: void BufferedComputation::update(byte input)
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.. cpp:function:: void BufferedComputation::update(const std::string& input)
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Updates the hash/mac calculation with *input*.
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.. cpp:function:: void BufferedComputation::final(byte* out)
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.. cpp:function:: SecureVector<byte> BufferedComputation::final()
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Complete the hash/MAC calculation and place the result into ``out``.
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For the argument taking an array, exactly ``output_length`` bytes will
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be written. After you call ``final``, the hash function is reset to
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its initial state, so it may be reused immediately.
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The second method of using final is to call it with no arguments at
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all, as shown in the second prototype. It will return the hash/mac
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value in a memory buffer.
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There is also a pair of functions called ``process``. They are a
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combination of a single ``update``, and ``final``. Both versions
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return the final value, rather than placing it an array. Calling
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``process`` with a single byte value isn't available, mostly because
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it would rarely be useful.
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A MAC can be viewed (in most cases) as a keyed hash function, so
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classes that are derived from ``MessageAuthenticationCode`` have
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``update`` and ``final`` classes just like a ``HashFunction`` (and
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like a ``HashFunction``, after ``final`` is called, it can be used to
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make a new MAC right away; the key is kept around).
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A MAC has the ``SymmetricAlgorithm`` interface in addition to the
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``BufferedComputation`` interface.
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Checksums
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Checksums are very similar to hash functions, and in fact share the
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same interface. But there are some significant differences, the major
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ones being that the output size is very small (usually in the range of
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2 to 4 bytes), and is not cryptographically secure. But for their
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intended purpose (error checking), they perform very well. Some
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examples of checksums included in Botan are the Adler32 and CRC32
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checksums.
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