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| Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher(3) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher(3) |
NAME
Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher - PGP symmetric cipher factorySYNOPSIS
use Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher;
my $alg = 'Rijndael';
my $cipher = Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher->new( $alg );
my $plaintext = 'foo bar';
my $ct = $cipher->encrypt($plaintext);
my $pt = $cipher->decrypt($ct);
DESCRIPTION
Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher is a factory class for PGP symmetric ciphers. All cipher objects are subclasses of this class and share a common interface; when creating a new cipher object, the object is blessed into the subclass to take on algorithm-specific functionality.A Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher object is a wrapper around a Crypt::OpenPGP::CFB object, which in turn wraps around the actual cipher implementation (eg. Crypt::Blowfish for a Blowfish cipher). This allows all ciphers to share a common interface and a simple instantiation method.
USAGE
Crypt::OpenPGP::Cipher->new($cipher)
Creates a new symmetric cipher object of type $cipher; $cipher can be either the name of a cipher (in Crypt::OpenPGP parlance) or the numeric ID of the cipher (as defined in the OpenPGP RFC). Using a cipher name is recommended, for the simple reason that it is easier to understand quickly (not everyone knows the cipher IDs).Valid cipher names are: "IDEA", "DES3", "Blowfish", "Rijndael", "Rijndael192", "Rijndael256", "Twofish", and "CAST5".
Returns the new cipher object on success. On failure returns "undef"; the caller should check for failure and call the class method errstr if a failure occurs. A typical reason this might happen is an unsupported cipher name or ID.
$cipher->encrypt($plaintext)
Encrypts the plaintext $plaintext and returns the encrypted text (ie. ciphertext). The encryption is done in CFB mode using the underlying cipher implementation.$cipher->decrypt($ciphertext)
Decrypts the ciphertext $ciphertext and returns the plaintext. The decryption is done in CFB mode using the underlying cipher implementation.$cipher->alg
Returns the name of the cipher algorithm (as listed above in new).$cipher->alg_id
Returns the numeric ID of the cipher algorithm.$cipher->blocksize
Returns the blocksize of the cipher algorithm (in bytes).$cipher->keysize
Returns the keysize of the cipher algorithm (in bytes).AUTHOR & COPYRIGHTS
Please see the Crypt::OpenPGP manpage for author, copyright, and license information.| 2015-08-16 | perl v5.32.1 |
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