The Libgcrypt Reference Manual
Version 1.6.1
29 January 2014
Werner Koch (wk@gnupg.org)Moritz Schulte (mo@g10code.com)
This manual is for Libgcrypt (version 1.6.1, 29 January 2014), which is GNU’s library of cryptographic building blocks.
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Copyright © 2012, 2013 g10 Code GmbH
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The Libgcrypt Library
This manual is for Libgcrypt (version 1.6.1, 29 January 2014), which is GNU’s library of cryptographic building blocks.
Copyright © 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright © 2012, 2013 g10 Code GmbH
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The text of the license can be found in the section entitled “GNU General Public License”.
| 1 Introduction | What is Libgcrypt. | |
| 2 Preparation | What you should do before using the library. | |
| 3 Generalities | General library functions and data types. | |
| 4 Handler Functions | Working with handler functions. | |
| 5 Symmetric cryptography | How to use symmetric cryptography. | |
| 6 Public Key cryptography | How to use public key cryptography. | |
| 7 Hashing | How to use hash algorithms. | |
| 8 Message Authentication Codes | How to use MAC algorithms. | |
| 9 Key Derivation | How to derive keys from strings | |
| 10 Random Numbers | How to work with random numbers. | |
| 11 S-expressions | How to manage S-expressions. | |
| 12 MPI library | How to work with multi-precision-integers. | |
| 13 Prime numbers | How to use the Prime number related functions. | |
| 14 Utilities | Utility functions. | |
| 15 Tools | Utility tools | |
| 16 Architecture | How Libgcrypt works internally. | |
Appendices | ||
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| Appendix A Description of the Self-Tests | Description of the self-tests. | |
| Appendix B Description of the FIPS Mode | Description of the FIPS mode. | |
| GNU Lesser General Public License | The GNU Lesser General Public License says how you can copy and share Libgcrypt. | |
| GNU General Public License | The GNU General Public License says how you can copy and share some parts of Libgcrypt. | |
Indices | ||
| List of Figures and Tables | Index of figures and tables. | |
| Concept Index | Index of concepts and programs. | |
| Function and Data Index | Index of functions, variables and data types. | |
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