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This manual is for Libgcrypt (version 1.8.8, 30 July 2020), which is GNU’s library of cryptographic building blocks.
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Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 g10 Code GmbH
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The text of the license can be found in the section entitled “GNU General Public License”.
• Introduction | What is Libgcrypt. | |
• Preparation | What you should do before using the library. | |
• Generalities | General library functions and data types. | |
• Handler Functions | Working with handler functions. | |
• Symmetric cryptography | How to use symmetric cryptography. | |
• Public Key cryptography | How to use public key cryptography. | |
• Hashing | How to use hash algorithms. | |
• Message Authentication Codes | How to use MAC algorithms. | |
• Key Derivation | How to derive keys from strings | |
• Random Numbers | How to work with random numbers. | |
• S-expressions | How to manage S-expressions. | |
• MPI library | How to work with multi-precision-integers. | |
• Prime numbers | How to use the Prime number related functions. | |
• Utilities | Utility functions. | |
• Tools | Utility tools. | |
• Configuration | Configuration files and environment variables. | |
• Architecture | How Libgcrypt works internally. | |
Appendices | ||
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• Self-Tests | Description of the self-tests. | |
• FIPS Mode | Description of the FIPS mode. | |
• Library Copying | The GNU Lesser General Public License says how you can copy and share Libgcrypt. | |
• Copying | The GNU General Public License says how you can copy and share some parts of Libgcrypt. | |
Indices | ||
• Figures and Tables | Index of figures and tables. | |
• Concept Index | Index of concepts and programs. | |
• Function and Data Index | Index of functions, variables and data types. | |
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