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<title>Algorithm Details</title>
<prepared>Hans Nilsson</prepared>
<docno></docno>
<date>2018-08-22</date>
<rev>A</rev>
<file>algorithm_details.xml</file>
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<p>
This chapter describes details of algorithms in the crypto application.
</p>
<p>The tables only documents the supported cryptos and key lengths. The user should not draw any conclusion
on security from the supplied tables.
</p>
<section>
<title>Ciphers</title>
<section>
<title>Block Ciphers</title>
<p>To be used in
<seealso marker="crypto#block_encrypt-3">block_encrypt/3</seealso>,
<seealso marker="crypto#block_encrypt-4">block_encrypt/4</seealso>,
<seealso marker="crypto#block_decrypt-3">block_decrypt/3</seealso> and
<seealso marker="crypto#block_decrypt-4">block_decrypt/4</seealso>.
</p>
<p>Available in all OpenSSL compatible with Erlang CRYPTO if not disabled by configuration.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name in the <i>Cipher and Mode</i> column is present in the
list with the <c>cipher</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Cipher and Mode</strong></cell><cell><strong>Key length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>IV length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Block size</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc</c></cell> <cell>16, 24, 32</cell><cell>16</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc128</c></cell><cell>16</cell><cell>16</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc256</c></cell><cell>32</cell><cell>16</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cfb8</c></cell> <cell>16, 24, 32</cell><cell>16</cell><cell>any</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_ecb</c></cell><cell>16, 24, 32</cell><cell> </cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_ige256</c></cell><cell>16</cell><cell>32</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_cbc</c></cell> <cell>4-56</cell> <cell>8</cell> <cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_cfb64</c></cell> <cell>≥1</cell> <cell>8</cell> <cell>any</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_ecb</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell><cell> </cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_ofb64</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>any</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des3_cbc</c><br/><i>(=DES EDE3 CBC)</i></cell><cell>[8,8,8]</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des3_cfb</c><br/><i>(=DES EDE3 CFB)</i></cell><cell>[8,8,8]</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>any</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_cbc</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell> <cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_cfb</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>any</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_ecb</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell> </cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_ede3</c><br/><i>(=DES EDE3 CBC)</i></cell><cell>[8,8,8]</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>rc2_cbc</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<tcaption>Block cipher key lengths</tcaption>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title>AEAD Ciphers</title>
<p>To be used in <seealso marker="crypto#block_encrypt-4">block_encrypt/4</seealso> and
<seealso marker="crypto#block_decrypt-4">block_decrypt/4</seealso>.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name in the <i>Cipher and Mode</i> column is present in the
list with the <c>cipher</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Cipher and Mode</strong></cell><cell><strong>Key length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>IV length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>AAD length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Tag length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Block size</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Supported with</strong><br/><strong>OpenSSL versions</strong></cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_ccm</c></cell> <cell>16,24,32</cell> <cell>7-13</cell> <cell>any</cell> <cell>even 4-16<br/>default: 12</cell> <cell>any</cell><cell>≥1.1.0</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_gcm</c></cell> <cell>16,24,32</cell> <cell>≥1</cell> <cell>any</cell> <cell>1-16<br/>default: 16</cell> <cell>any</cell><cell>≥1.1.0</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>chacha20_poly1305</c></cell><cell>32</cell> <cell>1-16</cell> <cell>any</cell> <cell>16</cell> <cell>any</cell><cell>≥1.1.0</cell></row>
<tcaption>AEAD cipher key lengths</tcaption>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title>Stream Ciphers</title>
<p>To be used in <seealso marker="crypto#stream_init-2">stream_init/2</seealso> and
<seealso marker="crypto#stream_init/3">stream_init/3</seealso>.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name in the <i>Cipher and Mode</i> column is present in the
list with the <c>cipher</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Cipher and Mode</strong></cell><cell><strong>Key length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>IV length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Supported with</strong><br/><strong>OpenSSL versions</strong></cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_ctr</c></cell><cell>16, 24, 32</cell><cell>16</cell><cell>≥1.0.1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>rc4</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell><cell> </cell> <cell>all</cell></row>
<tcaption>Stream cipher key lengths</tcaption>
</table>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Message Authentication Codes (MACs)</title>
<section>
<title>CMAC</title>
<p>To be used in <seealso marker="crypto#cmac-3">cmac/3</seealso> and
<seealso marker="crypto#cmac-3">cmac/4</seealso>.
</p>
<p>CMAC with the following ciphers are available with OpenSSL 1.0.1 or later if not disabled by configuration.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name <c>cmac</c> is present in the
list with the <c>macs</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
Also check that the name in the <i>Cipher and Mode</i> column is present in the
list with the <c>cipher</c> tag in the return value.
</p>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Cipher and Mode</strong></cell><cell><strong>Key length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell><cell><strong>Max Mac Length</strong><br/><strong>[bytes]</strong></cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc</c></cell> <cell>16, 24, 32</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc128</c></cell><cell>16</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cbc256</c></cell><cell>32</cell><cell>16</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>aes_cfb8</c></cell> <cell>16</cell><cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_cbc</c></cell> <cell>4-56</cell> <cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_cfb64</c></cell> <cell>≥1</cell> <cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_ecb</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell> <cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>blowfish_ofb64</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell> <cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des3_cbc</c><br/><i>(=DES EDE3 CBC)</i></cell><cell>[8,8,8]</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des3_cfb</c><br/><i>(=DES EDE3 CFB)</i></cell><cell>[8,8,8]</cell><cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_cbc</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_cfb</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>des_ecb</c></cell><cell>8</cell><cell>1</cell></row>
<row><cell><c>rc2_cbc</c></cell><cell>≥1</cell><cell>8</cell></row>
<tcaption>CMAC cipher key lengths</tcaption>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title>HMAC</title>
<p>Available in all OpenSSL compatible with Erlang CRYPTO if not disabled by configuration.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name <c>hmac</c> is present in the
list with the <c>macs</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>POLY1305</title>
<p>POLY1305 is available with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later if not disabled by configuration.
</p>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the name <c>poly1305</c> is present in the
list with the <c>macs</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Hash</title>
<p>To dynamically check availability, check that the wanted name in the <i>Names</i> column is present in the
list with the <c>hashs</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Type</strong></cell>
<cell><strong>Names</strong></cell>
<cell><strong>Supported with</strong><br/><strong>OpenSSL versions</strong></cell>
</row>
<row><cell>SHA1</cell><cell>sha</cell><cell>all</cell></row>
<row><cell>SHA2</cell><cell>sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512</cell><cell>all</cell></row>
<row><cell>SHA3</cell><cell>sha3_224, sha3_256, sha3_384, sha3_512</cell><cell>≥1.1.1</cell></row>
<row><cell>MD4</cell><cell>md4</cell><cell>all</cell></row>
<row><cell>MD5</cell><cell>md5</cell><cell>all</cell></row>
<row><cell>RIPEMD</cell><cell>ripemd160</cell><cell>all</cell></row>
<tcaption></tcaption>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title>Public Key Cryptography</title>
<section>
<title>RSA</title>
<p>RSA is available with all OpenSSL versions compatible with Erlang CRYPTO if not disabled by configuration.
To dynamically check availability, check that the atom <c>rsa</c> is present in the
list with the <c>public_keys</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<warning>
<!-- In RefMan rsa_opt(), rsa_sign_verify_opt() and User's man RSA -->
<p>The RSA options are experimental.
</p>
<p>The exact set of options and there syntax <em>may</em> be changed
without prior notice.</p>
</warning>
<table>
<row><cell><strong>Option</strong></cell>
<cell><strong>sign/verify</strong></cell>
<cell><strong>public encrypt</strong><br/><strong>private decrypt</strong></cell>
<cell><strong>private encrypt</strong><br/><strong>public decrypt</strong></cell>
</row>
<row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_x931_padding}</cell>
<cell>x</cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell>x</cell>
</row>
<row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_pkcs1_padding}</cell>
<cell>x</cell>
<cell>x</cell>
<cell>x</cell>
</row>
<row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_pkcs1_pss_padding}<br/>
{rsa_pss_saltlen, -2..}<br/>
{rsa_mgf1_md, atom()}
</cell>
<cell>x (2)<br/>
x (2)<br/>
x (2)</cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell></cell>
</row>
<row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding}<br/>
{rsa_mgf1_md, atom()}<br/>
{rsa_oaep_label, binary()}}<br/>
{rsa_oaep_md, atom()}
</cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell>x (2)<br/>
x (2)<br/>
x (3)<br/>
x (3)
</cell>
<cell></cell>
</row>
<row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_no_padding}</cell>
<cell>x (1)</cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell></cell>
</row>
<!-- row><cell>{rsa_padding,rsa_sslv23_padding}</cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell></cell>
<cell></cell>
</row -->
<tcaption></tcaption>
</table>
<p>Notes:</p>
<list type="ordered">
<item>(1) OpenSSL ≤ 1.0.0</item>
<item>(2) OpenSSL ≥ 1.0.1</item>
<item>(3) OpenSSL ≥ 1.1.0</item>
</list>
</section>
<section>
<title>DSS</title>
<p>DSS is available with OpenSSL versions compatible with Erlang CRYPTO if not disabled by configuration.
To dynamically check availability, check that the atom <c>dss</c> is present in the
list with the <c>public_keys</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>ECDSA</title>
<p>ECDSA is available with OpenSSL 0.9.8o or later if not disabled by configuration.
To dynamically check availability, check that the atom <c>ecdsa</c> is present in the
list with the <c>public_keys</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
If the atom <c>ec_gf2m</c> characteristic two field curves are available.
</p>
<p>The actual supported named curves could be checked by examining the list with the
<c>curves</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Diffie-Hellman</title>
<p>Diffie-Hellman computations are available with OpenSSL versions compatible with Erlang CRYPTO
if not disabled by configuration.
To dynamically check availability, check that the atom <c>dh</c> is present in the
list with the <c>public_keys</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman</title>
<p>Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman is available with OpenSSL 0.9.8o or later if not disabled by configuration.
To dynamically check availability, check that the atom <c>ecdh</c> is present in the
list with the <c>public_keys</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
<p>The Edward curves <c>x25519</c> and <c>x448</c> are supported with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later
if not disabled by configuration.
</p>
<p>The actual supported named curves could be checked by examining the list with the
<c>curves</c> tag in the return value of
<seealso marker="crypto#supports-0">crypto:supports()</seealso>.
</p>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>
