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4 Algorithms
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The crypto backends support a variety of algorithms used in public key
cryptography.(1)  The following sections list the identifiers used to
denote such an algorithm.

* Menu:

* Public Key Algorithms::         A list of all public key algorithms.
* Hash Algorithms::               A list of all hash algorithms.

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   (1) Some engines also provide symmetric only encryption; see the
description of the encryption function on how to use this.