C Library Functions                                  libgcrypt(3)



NAME
     libgcrypt - libgcrypt is  a  general  purpose  cryptographic
     library based on the code from GnuPG.

DESCRIPTION
     libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic  library  based
     on  the code from GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryp-
     tograhic  building  blocks:  symmetric  ciphers  (AES,  DES,
     Blowfish,  Twofish,  Arcfour),  hash  algorithms  (MD4, MD5,
     RIPE-MD160, SHA-1, TIGER-192), MACs (HMAC for all hash algo-
     rithms),  public  key  algorithms (RSA, ElGamal, DSA), large
     integer functions, random numbers and a  lot  of  supporting
     functions.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWlibgcrypt               
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so   cryptographic library



SEE ALSO
     libgcrypt-config(1),  dumpsexp(1),   attributes(5),   gnome-
     interfaces(5)

NOTES
     Sun does not guarantee the stability of these interfaces and
     does  not  recommend their use.  API documentation for these
     interfaces is provided by the GNU community  for  those  who
     wish  to  develop  using  these interfaces. However, you can
     visit   the   following   URL    for    more    information:
     http:/www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gcrypt/.

     Written by Jeff Cai, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.








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