Cipher Interface SilcCipher Ciphers Cipher-Algorithms SilcCipherMode silc_cipher_register silc_cipher_unregister silc_cipher_register_default silc_cipher_unregister_all silc_cipher_alloc silc_cipher_alloc_full silc_cipher_free silc_cipher_is_supported silc_cipher_get_supported silc_cipher_encrypt silc_cipher_decrypt silc_cipher_set_key silc_cipher_set_iv silc_cipher_get_iv silc_cipher_get_key_len silc_cipher_get_block_len silc_cipher_get_iv_len silc_cipher_get_name silc_cipher_get_alg_name silc_cipher_get_mode

silc_cipher_alloc

SYNOPSIS

    SilcBool silc_cipher_alloc(const char *name,
                               SilcCipher *new_cipher);

DESCRIPTION

Allocates a new SILC cipher object. Function returns TRUE on succes and FALSE on error. The allocated cipher is returned in new_cipher argument. The caller must set the key to the cipher after this function has returned by calling the silc_cipher_set_key.

See Ciphers for supported ciphers.