Extracted from Pike v8.0 release 276 as of 2016-07-29.
   

Class __builtin.Nettle.AE

Inheritance graph
__builtin.Nettle.Cipher __builtin.Nettle.AE Crypto.AE __builtin.Nettle.AEAD
Description

Base class for AE (Authenticated Encryption) algorithms.

AE algorithms behave like a combination of a Cipher and a HMAC.

Note that no actual AE algorithm is implemented in the base class. They are implemented in classes that inherit this class.

See also

AEAD


Inherit Cipher

inherit __builtin.Nettle.Cipher : Cipher