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@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@
</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
- <p>Hash functions - <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1320.txt">The MD4 Message Digest Algorithm (RFC 1320)</url>,
+ <p>Hash functions -
+ <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-4/fips-180-4.pdf"> Secure Hash Standard</url>,
<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt"> The MD5 Message Digest Algorithm (RFC 1321)</url> and
- <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-4/fips-180-4.pdf"> Secure Hash Standard </url>
+ <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1320.txt">The MD4 Message Digest Algorithm (RFC 1320)</url>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Hmac functions - <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2104.txt"> Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (RFC 2104) </url></p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Block ciphers - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/block_ciphers.html"> </url> DES and AES and
- and Block Cipher Modes - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/BCM/index.html"> ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB and CTR </url></p>
+ <p>Block ciphers - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/block_ciphers.html"> </url> DES and AES in
+ Block Cipher Modes - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/BCM/index.html"> ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB and CTR </url></p>
</item>
<item>
<p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt"> RSA encryption RFC 1321 </url> </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Digital signatures <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf">Digital Signature Standard (DSS) </url> and <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/dss2/ecdsa2vs.pdf">Elliptic Curve Digital
+ <p>Digital signatures <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf">Digital Signature Standard (DSS)</url> and<url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/dss2/ecdsa2vs.pdf"> Elliptic Curve Digital
Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) </url> </p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -57,13 +58,7 @@
<section>
<title>DATA TYPES </title>
-
- <p><code>byte() = 0 ... 255</code></p>
-
- <p><code>ioelem() = byte() | binary() | iolist()</code></p>
-
- <p><code>iolist() = [ioelem()]</code></p>
-
+
<p><code>key_value() = integer() | binary() </code></p>
<p><code>rsa_public() = [key_value()] = [E, N] </code></p>
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@
the private exponent.The longer key format contains redundant
information that will make the calculation faster. P1,P2 are first
and second prime factors. E1,E2 are first and second exponents. C
- is the CRT coefficient. Terminology is taken from RFC 3447. </p>
+ is the CRT coefficient. Terminology is taken from <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3477.txt"> RFC 3447</url>.</p>
<p><code>dss_public() = [key_value()] = [P, Q, G, Y] </code></p>
<p>Where P, Q and G are the dss parameters and Y is the public key.</p>
@@ -137,25 +132,28 @@
<p><code>block_key() = aes_key() | blowfish_key() | des_key()| des3_key() </code></p>
- <p><code>aes_key() = binary() </code> Key length is 128, 192 or 256 bits</p>
+ <p><code>aes_key() = iodata() </code> Key length is 128, 192 or 256 bits</p>
- <p><code>rc4_key() = binary() </code> Variable key length from 8 bits up to 2048 bits (usually between 40 and 256)</p>
+ <p><code>rc4_key() = iodata() </code> Variable key length from 8 bits up to 2048 bits (usually between 40 and 256)</p>
- <p><code>blowfish_key() = binary() </code> Variable key length from 32 bits up to 448 bits</p>
+ <p><code>blowfish_key() = iodata() </code> Variable key length from 32 bits up to 448 bits</p>
- <p><code>des_key() = binary() </code> Key length is 64 bits (in CBC mod only 8 bits are used)</p>
+ <p><code>des_key() = iodata() </code> Key length is 64 bits (in CBC mode only 8 bits are used)</p>
- <p><code>des3_key() = [binary(), binary(), binary()] </code> Each key part is 64 bits (in CBC mod only 8 bits are used)</p>
+ <p><code>des3_key() = [binary(), binary(), binary()] </code> Each key part is 64 bits (in CBC mode only 8 bits are used)</p>
+
+ <p><code> message_digest_algorithms() = md5 | ripemd160 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512 </code> md4 is aslo supported for hash_init/1 and hash/2.
+ Note that both md4 and md5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing applications.
+ </p>
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>algorithms() -> [atom()]</name>
+ <name>algorithms() -> [message_digest_algorithms() | md4 | ec]</name>
<fsummary>Provide a list of available crypto algorithms.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Provides the available crypto algorithms in terms of a list
- of atoms. This is interesting as older versions of the openssl
- crypto library may not support all algorithms used in the crypto API.</p>
+ <p> Can be used to determine if the crypto library has support for elliptic curve (ec) and
+ which message digest algorithms that are supported.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@
<fsummary>Encrypt <c>PlainText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Key = block_key() </v>
- <v>PlainText = iodata() | binary()</v>
+ <v>PlainText = iodata() </v>
<v>IVec = CipherText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@
<fsummary>Decrypt <c>CipherText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Key = block_key() </v>
- <v>PlainText = iodata() | binary()</v>
+ <v>PlainText = iodata() </v>
<v>IVec = CipherText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -201,6 +199,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Computes the shared secret from the private key and the other party's public key.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#compute_key/2">public_key:compute_key/2</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@
<name>exor(Data1, Data2) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>XOR data</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Data1, Data2 = iolist() | binary()</v>
+ <v>Data1, Data2 = iodata()</v>
<v>Result = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Generates public keys of type <c>Type</c>.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#generate_key/1">public_key:generate_key/1</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
<name>hash(Type, Data) -> Digest</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = md4 | md5 | ripemd160 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512</v>
+ <v>Type = md4 | message_digest_algorithms()</v>
<v>Data = iodata()</v>
<v>Digest = binary()</v>
</type>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
<name>hash_init(Type) -> Context</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = md4 | md5 | ripemd160 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512</v>
+ <v>Type = md4 | message_digest_algorithms()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Initializes the context for streaming hash operations. <c>Type</c> determines
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
<name>hmac(Type, Key, Data, MacLength) -> Mac</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = md5 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512</v>
+ <v>Type = message_digest_algorithms() </v>
<v>Key = iodata()</v>
<v>Data = iodata()</v>
<v>MacLength = integer()</v>
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@
<name>hmac_init(Type, Key) -> Context</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = md5 | ripemd160 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512</v>
- <v>Key = iolist() | binary()</v>
+ <v>Type = message_digest_algorithms()</v>
+ <v>Key = iodata()</v>
<v>Context = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -329,13 +329,17 @@
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
<v>Context = NewContext = binary()</v>
- <v>Data = iolist() | binary()</v>
+ <v>Data = iodata()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Updates the HMAC represented by <c>Context</c> using the given <c>Data</c>. <c>Context</c>
must have been generated using an HMAC init function (such as
<seealso marker="#hmac_init/2">hmac_init</seealso>). <c>Data</c> can be any length. <c>NewContext</c>
- must be passed into the next call to <c>hmac_update</c>.</p>
+ must be passed into the next call to <c>hmac_update</c>
+ or to one of the functions <seealso marker="#hmac_final/1">hmac_final</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#hmac_final_n/1">hmac_final_n</seealso>
+ </p>
+
</desc>
</func>
@@ -391,10 +395,10 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name>mod_exp_prime(N, P, M) -> Result</name>
+ <name>mod_pow(N, P, M) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Computes the function: N^P mod M</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>N, P, M = binary()</v>
+ <v>N, P, M = binary() | integer()</v>
<v>Result = binary() | error</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -433,6 +437,7 @@
message. The <c>Padding</c> is the padding mode that was
used to encrypt the data,
see <seealso marker="#public_encrypt/3">public_encrypt/3</seealso>.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_private/2">public_key:decrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -455,6 +460,7 @@
The size of the <c>Msg</c> must be less than <c>byte_size(N)-11</c> if
<c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is used, and <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c>
is used.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_private/2">public_key:encrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -475,6 +481,7 @@
message. The <c>Padding</c> is the padding mode that was
used to encrypt the data,
see <seealso marker="#private_encrypt/3">private_encrypt/3</seealso>.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_public/2">public_key:decrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -501,6 +508,7 @@
<c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is used, <c>byte_size(N)-41</c> if
<c>rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding</c> is used and <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c>
is used.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_public/2">public_key:encrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -545,6 +553,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p> Creates a digital signature.</p>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#sign/3">public_key:sign/3</seealso>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -613,36 +622,32 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name>stream_encrypt(Type, State, PlainText) -> { NewState, CipherText}</name>
+ <name>stream_encrypt(State, PlainText) -> { NewState, CipherText}</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = stream_cipher() </v>
- <v>Text = iolist() | binary()</v>
+ <v>Text = iodata()</v>
<v>CipherText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Encrypts <c>PlainText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c>.
- <c>Text</c> can be any number of bytes. State is initialized using
- <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso> on
- the next invocation of this function the returned State shall be
- given as input and so on until the end of the stream is reached.</p>
+ <p>Encrypts <c>PlainText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c> specified in stream_init/3.
+ <c>Text</c> can be any number of bytes. The initial <c>State</c> is created using
+ <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso>.
+ <c>NewState</c> must be passed into the next call to <c>stream_encrypt</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>stream_decrypt(Type, State, CipherText) -> { NewState, PlainText }</name>
+ <name>stream_decrypt(State, CipherText) -> { NewState, PlainText }</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Type = stream_cipher() </v>
- <v>CipherText = iodata() | binary()</v>
+ <v>CipherText = iodata()</v>
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Decrypts <c>CipherText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c>.
- <c>PlainText</c> can be any number of bytes. State is initialized using
- <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso> on
- the next invocation of this function the returned State shall be
- given as input and so on until the end of the stream is reached.</p>
+ <p>Decrypts <c>CipherText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c> specified in stream_init/3.
+ <c>PlainText</c> can be any number of bytes. The initial <c>State</c> is created using
+ <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso>.
+ <c>NewState</c> must be passed into the next call to <c>stream_encrypt</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -660,6 +665,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Verifies a digital signature</p>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#sign/3">public_key:verify/3</seealso>
</desc>
</func>