xencrypt, xdecrypt, passwd2des - RFS password encryption
Standard C library (libc
, -lc
)
WARNING: Do not use these functions in new code. They do not achieve any type of acceptable cryptographic security guarantees.
The function passwd2des() takes a character string
passwd
of arbitrary length and fills a character array
key
of length 8. The array key
is suitable for use as
DES key. It has odd parity set in bit 0 of each byte. Both other
functions described here use this function to turn their argument
passwd
into a DES key.
The xencrypt() function takes the ASCII character
string secret
given in hex, which must have a length that is a
multiple of 16, encrypts it using the DES key derived from
passwd
by passwd2des(), and outputs the result
again in secret
as a hex string of the same length.
The xdecrypt() function performs the converse operation.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
passwd2des(), xencrypt(), xdecrypt() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe |
These functions are available since glibc 2.1.
The prototypes are missing from the abovementioned include file.
cbc_crypt(3)