Overview of SSLeay cryptographic algorithms -- SSLeay 0.9.0b -- January 1999

NAME

Cryptographic algorithms overview

SYNOPSIS

#include "crypto.h"

DESCRIPTION

The following algorithms are supported by the SSLeay library:

symmetric ciphers

Algorithm	Type	Key Length	Speed Relative to DES	Modes Implemented
DES	block cipher	8 bytes	--	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64, 3DES
RC2	block cipher	variable (16-bytes typical)	1xDES	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64
RC4	stream cipher	variable (16 bytes typical)	4xDES	ecb
Blowfish	block cipher	variable (16 bytes typical)	3xDES	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64
IDEA	block cipher	variable (16 bytes typical)	1xDES	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64
CAST	block cipher	16 bytes	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64	1.5xDES
RC5	block cipher	variable (16 bytes typical)	ecb, cbc, cfb64, ofb64	2xDES

asymmetric ciphers

Algorithm

RSA

Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

DSA