Algorithm Class Reference

interface for all crypto algorithms More...

#include <cryptlib.h>

Inheritance diagram for Algorithm:

Clonable AsymmetricAlgorithm BlockTransformation BufferedTransformation HashTransformation RandomNumberGenerator StreamTransformation KeyAgreementAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithm PublicKeyAlgorithm BlockCipher Filter Sink Adler32 CRC32 MessageAuthenticationCode PK_MessageAccumulator TruncatedHashTemplate< T > Weak1::MD2 AutoSeededX917RNG< BLOCK_CIPHER > BlockingRng ClassNullRNG LC_RNG NonblockingRng PublicBlumBlumShub RandomPool Weak1::ARC4_Base X917RNG PublicBlumBlumShub SymmetricCipher

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 Algorithm (bool checkSelfTestStatus=true)
virtual std::string AlgorithmName () const
 returns name of this algorithm, not universally implemented yet
virtual ClonableClone () const
 this is not implemented by most classes yet


Detailed Description

interface for all crypto algorithms

Definition at line 341 of file cryptlib.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Algorithm::Algorithm ( bool  checkSelfTestStatus = true  ) 

When FIPS 140-2 compliance is enabled and checkSelfTestStatus == true, this constructor throws SelfTestFailure if the self test hasn't been run or fails.

Definition at line 40 of file cryptlib.cpp.


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