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📛 NAME

Crypt::Cipher - Generic interface to cipher functions

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔨 Create a cipher object	$c = Crypt::Cipher->new('AES', $key);	Instantiates a cipher for chosen algorithm and key
🔒 Encrypt a block	$ciphertext = $c->encrypt($plaintext);	Encrypt one block of exactly blocksize bytes
🔓 Decrypt a block	$plaintext = $c->decrypt($ciphertext);	Decrypt one block of exactly blocksize bytes
📏 Get block size	$c->blocksize / Crypt::Cipher->blocksize('AES')	Returns cipher block size in bytes
🔑 Key size limits	$c->max_keysize / $c->min_keysize	Max / min allowed key length in bytes
📚 CBC mode (full data)	$cbc = Crypt::Mode::CBC->new('AES'); $ciphertext = $cbc->encrypt($data, $key, $iv);	Encrypt arbitrary data with CBC mode
🔄 Compatibility with Crypt::CBC	my $cipher = Crypt::Cipher('AES', $key); my $cbc = Crypt::CBC->new( -cipher=>$cipher, -iv=>$iv );	Use Crypt::Cipher object inside Crypt::CBC

📖 SYNOPSIS

🔹 Example 1 (encrypting single block)

use Crypt::Cipher;

my $key = '...'; # length has to be valid key size for this cipher
my $c = Crypt::Cipher->new('AES', $key);
my $blocksize  = $c->blocksize;
my $ciphertext = $c->encrypt('plain text block'); #encrypt 1 block
my $plaintext  = $c->decrypt($ciphertext);         #decrypt 1 block

🔹 Example 2 (using CBC mode)

use Crypt::Mode::CBC;

my $key = '...'; # length has to be valid key size for this cipher
my $iv = '...';  # 16 bytes
my $cbc = Crypt::Mode::CBC->new('AES');
my $ciphertext = $cbc->encrypt("secret data", $key, $iv);

🔹 Example 3 (compatibility with Crypt::CBC)

use Crypt::CBC;
use Crypt::Cipher;

my $key = '...'; # length has to be valid key size for this cipher
my $iv = '...';  # 16 bytes
my $cipher = Crypt::Cipher('AES', $key);
my $cbc = Crypt::CBC->new( -cipher=>$cipher, -iv=>$iv );
my $ciphertext = $cbc->encrypt("secret data");

📘 DESCRIPTION

Provides an interface to various symmetric cipher algorithms.

BEWARE: This module implements just elementary "one-block-(en|de)cryption" operation - if you want to encrypt/decrypt generic data you have to use some of the cipher block modes - check for example Crypt::Mode::CBC, Crypt::Mode::CTR or Crypt::CBC (which will be slower).

🛠️ METHODS

🆕 new

Constructor, returns a reference to the cipher object.

## basic scenario
$d = Crypt::Cipher->new($name, $key);
# $name = one of 'AES', 'Anubis', 'Blowfish', 'CAST5', 'Camellia', 'DES', 'DES_EDE',
#                'KASUMI', 'Khazad', 'MULTI2', 'Noekeon', 'RC2', 'RC5', 'RC6',
#                'SAFERP', 'SAFER_K128', 'SAFER_K64', 'SAFER_SK128', 'SAFER_SK64',
#                'SEED', 'Skipjack', 'Twofish', 'XTEA', 'IDEA', 'Serpent'
#                simply any <NAME> for which there exists Crypt::Cipher::<NAME>
# $key = binary key (keysize should comply with selected cipher requirements)

## some of the ciphers (e.g. MULTI2, RC5, SAFER) allow one to set number of rounds
$d = Crypt::Cipher->new('MULTI2', $key, $rounds);
# $rounds = positive integer (should comply with selected cipher requirements)

🔒 encrypt

Encrypts $plaintext and returns the $ciphertext where $plaintext and $ciphertext should be of blocksize bytes.

$ciphertext = $d->encrypt($plaintext);

🔓 decrypt

Decrypts $ciphertext and returns the $plaintext where $plaintext and $ciphertext should be of blocksize bytes.

$plaintext = $d->decrypt($ciphertext);

🔑 keysize

Just an alias for max_keysize (needed for Crypt::CBC compatibility).

$d->keysize;

🔑 max_keysize

Returns the maximal allowed key size (in bytes) for given cipher.

$d->max_keysize;
#or
Crypt::Cipher->max_keysize('AES');
#or
Crypt::Cipher::max_keysize('AES');

🔑 min_keysize

Returns the minimal allowed key size (in bytes) for given cipher.

$d->min_keysize;
#or
Crypt::Cipher->min_keysize('AES');
#or
Crypt::Cipher::min_keysize('AES');

📏 blocksize

Returns block size (in bytes) for given cipher.

$d->blocksize;
#or
Crypt::Cipher->blocksize('AES');
#or
Crypt::Cipher::blocksize('AES');

🔄 default_rounds

Returns default number of rounds for given cipher. NOTE: only some ciphers (e.g. MULTI2, RC5, SAFER) allow one to set number of rounds via new().

$d->default_rounds;
#or
Crypt::Cipher->default_rounds('AES');
#or
Crypt::Cipher::default_rounds('AES');

👀 SEE ALSO

• 🔐 CryptX
• 📦 Check subclasses like Crypt::Cipher::AES, Crypt::Cipher::Blowfish, ...

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